The Alpha of the Human Heart

UV 3050/10000 The Alpha of the Human Heart
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36 v 26

The Bible is one book that speaks often of the human heart. The word “heart” in the biblical context means the very core or center which is the source of our deepest thoughts, feelings or emotions and desires. In the beginning, when God created man, his heart was good but when pride entered- the desire to be equal with God, the heart became wicked. Pride gave way to lust of life and lust of the eye. Pride of life, lust of life and lust of the eye became vestiges of the enemy vested in the human heart, making it stony and sensitive. The Word from God could not take deep root in such a heart and therefore, the human person could not be fruitful. The Lord needed to do a circumcision of the heart and peel away the layers of sin that made it stony and insensitive. He gave us a new heart- the heart of Jesus when we placed our faith in Him. He works from deep within our hearts to transform us. He poured a new spirit upon us- the Holy Spirit who moves within us to sanctify our hearts.
Scripture warns us to guard our hearts for out of it flow the issues of life. Like a river has a perennial source, the heart is the source of everything good and bad in our lives. We need to guard our hearts zealously using the teachings and precepts of the Lord contained in His word. We can seek the help of the Holy Spirit who can make the rivers of life-giving water to flow from our hearts- rivers of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and self control. Our hearts now resonate to the very heart beat of the Lord. We seek to do what is His will, what pleases Him. We trust Him with all of our hearts implicitly and explicitly. Our hearts are now responsive and sensitive to His ways and His words.
Jesus said that our hearts are where our treasure is. Hence, we need to give top priority to our relationship with the Lord and treasure it above all else. Even as believers, however, pride of life, lust of the flesh and lust of the eye surfaces from time to time. The enemy attacks us when our guard is down or when we are caught in a weak moment like King David who though a man after God’s heart fell to the temptation of adultery and murder. We need to discern these relapses to our old nature and invite the God who had purchased peace for us to crush these vestiges of satan in our hearts.