Are You Heart
Smart?
"Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice
wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat
of their dainties." Psalm 141:4 With such a health conscious
craze going on, we hear all the talk of being Heart Smart.
Our heart is a valuable organ and we have to take care of
it. There's so many things that affect whether our heart
will function properly. The way we eat factors in, our
exercise, and how we live our lives in general. I wonder how
smart we are with our hearts where our Christian living is
concerned. We know we should take care of our hearts but do
we consciously do it? The Bible gives us some things that we
can do to improve the functioning our heart. So six things
came to my mind that is heart related, spiritually, Believe,
Purpose, Serve, Sing, Trust and Love. Tips To Be Heart
Smart.
1. BELIEVE With Your Heart. To
begin with we need to have a personal relationship with
Christ in order to have our heart pumping correctly. We have
to see our need of salvation. “That if thou shalt confess
with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved. " Romans 10:9 2
.2. PURPOSE With Your Heart. I love the
story of Daniel. He was someone who took care of his heart.
He decided he wasn't going to intake the harmful things of
the world and he chose to keep his heart pure and working
properly. "But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would
not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor
with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the
prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. "
Daniel 1:8 3.
3.SERVE With Your Heart. Serving Christ is
one of the best exercises for our heart. It's like doing a
cardiovascular workout! Even Joshua was still doing this
exercise when he was well up into years. It says in Joshua
23:2, that he told the people, "...I am old and stricken in
age" and yet later in the passage he makes a commitment
before the people of Israel that he was going to serve God.
Even at his age he was exercising by serving God. "And if it
seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day
whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers
served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods
of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and
my house, we will serve the LORD. " 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
4.
4.SING With Your Heart. What a lift to our
heart singing can be. When we are joyful and rejoicing in
the Lord in our hearts, it's like giving our hearts a
healthy dose of whole grain. "Speaking to yourselves in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making
melody in your heart to the Lord." Ephesians 5:19 5. TRUST
With Your Heart. Nothing can help us breath easier than
trusting the Lord. It can make our heart beat in the proper
way.
5. LOVE With Your Heart .
There's something about having love in our hearts that makes
that blood pump through our veins a little better. God not
only wants us to love Him but love others too. "And he
answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength,
and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. " Luke
10:27 If we don't take care of our heart, it can lead to all
kinds of health problems such as heart disease and
congestive heart failure. There are certain things we need
to do in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle in order to
take care of our heart. The same is true in the Christian
life. Maybe we should make a commitment to do a few things
to be Heart Smart. How about living a pure life and keeping
out the impurities of the world? How about decreasing your
stress by relying on God more? What about increasing your
physical activity by serving the Lord more and being active
for Him? How about more intake of that heart healthy Word of
God? Christ wants us to have strong and vital lives and we
cannot have the lives He intended if we don't take care of
our hearts. So, are you Heart Smart? After God's own
heart,
A sister in Christ.
