Listen to the Word of God

"If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything."-1 John 3:20


"The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?"-Jer. 17:9


        I am outside, in a park, writing on my phone because there is no internet around. I was not going to waste this prefect and beautiful day by staying inside. I am sitting by a small waterfall with my flip flops off and just saw a guy in cowboy boots walking kids across the waterfall. Anyways, I am going to write about the two vereses above.
         The 2nd verse we talked about last Sunday at church and the first verse I found while looking for the 2nd verse. I thought they went together so here they are. I love the way the pastor explained the Jer. 17:9 verse. The topic was looking within yourself. It was a communion type sermon. This verse just hit me all of the sudden when he said it and explained it. I have heard to before but something else hit me. 
           The pastor talked a lot about displine from God and the differenece between unworthiness and worthiness. The pastor said that being worthy is following God's obedience and caring for others. He also used Heb. 10:24-45, which talks about encouraging each other up and stir up one to love and do good works. What really got me though was Jer. 17:9.
           Looking inwardly at our hearts is the place that we should start and then work out from there. I loved it when he said, "God is our only standard. No person or event is the standard." Then he started talking about our listening to our hearts and feelings are wrong. They can make us go the wrong way because they are wrong but the Word of God will take us the right way. 
            The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond any cure. No one can understand it, not even when we think we do. That is why we have to turn to the Word of God. See what He says about the sitaution or relationship. We might have a stir in our heart but that is when we check with God. I have had some good stirs and some bad stirs too. 
            The first verse even says that our hearts will comdemn us. We know that God is greater then our hearts so why not listen to Him. He knows everything anyways. Through these verses, I have learned how important it is to really look and read and follow the Word of God is. I see how He can truely speak to us through His Word.
             We need to renew our minds with the Word of God, not with our feelings and emotions. Some other verses to look up or heart and displine are: Heb. 12:4-10, Phil. 1:27, Eph. 4:1, and 1 Thess. 2:12. Oddly enough, the main verses for the sermon was 1 Cor. 11:17-33.