Written On Our Hearts
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 3:3
I remember hearing a popular Christian speaker ask his audience if their lives would look any different if they had “Christian” tattooed on their foreheads. The question made me think of my grandmother’s cross, which I have worn since she gave it to me the day she died. It is normally on the outside of my shirt and very visible. When I see it throughout the day, it reminds me that it proclaims the One I follow and His love and faithfulness.
Scripture does not shy away from urging us to keep the commands of God in focus. Moses taught the Israelites, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and strength. These commandments are to be on your hearts. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates”. (Deuteronomy 6:5-9)
Humans are incredibly forgetful, and the Spirit knows how often we neglect to focus our hearts and minds on the Lord. We often seek the wisdom of the world before we seek the wisdom of God.
Galatians 5 lists love and faithfulness with the fruit of the Spirit, who calls us to live like Jesus. Jesus always showed these characteristics. As we engrave love and faithfulness on our hearts, we will grow more open to being led by the Spirit before being led by anything else.
Spirit of God, guide me to write Your virtues and Your will on my heart, that I may live them as I follow Jesus. Amen.
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