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Two questions stick out in my notes from Pastor Danny’s sermon on Sunday:

  1. What is the interplay between my heart’s affections and my relationship with the LORD?
  2. What of my internal sensibilities are leading me astray to ‘whoredom’?

What I do and how I do it matters!  It matters for how I relate to God…how I worship him…how I honor him…how I live my life before him.  My heart is at the heart of the matter.  My affections, desires, and sensibilities which are astir within me are at play in my behaviors and relationships.  Whether in short time or long, it will be evident what/who my heart really loves and serves.

Are my affections and sensibilities rightly informed by God’s Word?  Or have I adopted/adapted worldly forms of religiosity?  Am I complacent and compromising?  Am I quick to dull the sharp edges of the Word of God?  Do I avoid the pointy end of the stick of God’s rod of discipline?  Am I willing to be serious and sober minded in following God as he prescribes?

God’s Word is not silent which means if God’s Word is not evidenced in my life, I bear the blame for not receiving God’s Word.  My problems are not external to me.  There may be many influences, pressures, provocations, temptations, and the like external to me, but they are not the problem.  The problem is my heart!  Praise God that Jesus Christ is the King of our hearts, and we can let the peace of Christ rule in our hearts (Col. 3:15).

Let’s all help one another cultivate affections of the heart that lead to true worship of God and do not lead us into the many forms of ‘whoredom’ our hearts a prone to wander off to.