Vital Step to a Radiant Faith-Guard Your Heart

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year to Shine, today’s Vital Step to a Radiant Faith is to guard our heart.

There is much wisdom in protecting our heart from influences that corrupt our character and compromise our faith in the LORD.

Proverbs 4:23 says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”

Then, it gets more specific. “Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.”

If we have failed to guard our heart, there is good news. Through Jesus, the corrupted heart can be made clean again as we step into the light of confession. Then, apply the shield of faith for our current and future spiritual battles.

Guarding our heart is a Vital Step to a Radiant Faith that makes a difference in our world.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com