WRITE GOD'S WORD ON YOUR HEART !

WRITE GOD'S WORD ON YOUR HEART ! Why would God create us with two sets of ears --- one on the outside, and one on the inside ? Because there is a part of us on the inside that also needs to hear. It's our spirit or the heart of man. I believe it's what the Bible calls the heart. The writer of Proverbs makes this statement : "let not mercy and truth for sake thee: bind them upon thy neck; write them up on the table of thine heart." (Proverbs 3:3). King James Bible, Now, the amplified Bible reads "Let mercy and kindness [shutting out all hatred and selfishness] and truth [shutting out all deliberate hypocrisy or falsehood] forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them up on the table of your heart." Also read (Colossians 3:9-12). How are you going to write things on the table of your heart ? The psalmist King David found how. He broke into the revelation when he said: . . . "My tongue is the pen of a ready writer." (Psalms 45:1). Now let's connect these things together. God told Joshua, "Don't let the Word depart out of your mouth. Meditate therein day and night. Observe to do all that is written therein. And then you'll make your way prosperous." God told the children of Israel, "If you will hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord your God, and observe to do all His commandments, then all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you." (Deuteronomy 28:1-2). Hearken means "to hear intelligently and declare." In other words, they were admonished to speak what God said. Remember, . . . Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17). The spiritual force of faith (which is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen) comes to you when you hear the word of God. And in order to hear the word of God, the word of God must be spoken. The force of faith will come to you more quickly and be more profound if you speak it out of your own mouth. When you do, one or 2 Things Are Taking place. Number one is your mind is being renewed. Number two the word of God is being written on the table of your heart. Your voice is picked up by your inner ear, and fed directly into your spirit. That's the way you write these things on the table of your heart. You do it by speaking them out of your mouth. I think we have lost this down through the years. Either through the seminary teachings of the word or the University teachings of the word or the pop culture that has Americanized Christianity that says if it feels good do it or if it sounds good repeated ! The apostle Paul understood it. The New Testament saints, and even Old Testament saints understood it. But somehow we have missed it. Even in the art of what is called music, isn't it interesting that your children can recite a song but yet cannot recite the Scriptures. We have Underestimated the power in words to affect the human spirit or heart. James said it this way: "If any man among you seem to be religious, and Brideleth not his tongue, but Deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain." (James 1:26). In other words, what he believes is in vain, if he or she doesn't bridle their tongue. For his or her tongue will deceive their hearts.