#128: Inside Out
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it springs the issues of life. (Proverbs 4:23) Many processes in life have a course that they take - a direction that they must follow. For example, fluids will always flow from a region of higher pressure to a region of lower pressure, gravity will always pull everything towards the center of the earth, water will always flow downhill and heat will always flow from a hot object to a cold object. The writer of Proverbs also points us to a very important truth that most times we ignore or do not pay attention to. This truth is that the issues of life flow from inside out. But what does this mean to us? We actually spend the bulk of our life paying attention to the outside life (Matthew 15:11-20) and we wonder why we never get better with time. But Jesus addressed this when He said you brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right. For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. A good per...