Your Heart Is His Priority by David Jeremiah

Wednesday, January 3 Your Heart Is His Priority    Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23    Pulitzer prize-winning American writer Ernest Hemingway lived an eclectic life that was reflected as a reporter in war-torn Europe and other locations around the world. During his life, depression besieged Hemingway, and that, along with heavy drinking and many near-death accidents, took a toll on him. Seeking a cure for his state of mind, he was unsuccessfully treated with electric shock therapy. In the end, Hemingway took his own life in 1961. In the foreword of his last book, A Moveable Feast, Hemingway explained that he was trying to write his memoir from storage places of his memory and heart, though, he said, one had been tampered with and the other no longer existed.

Recommended Reading: Proverbs 4:20-27

Life is often harder than any of us expected. It tries to beat us up and tear us down. The devil looks for places to get a foothold in our hearts—especially if we become discouraged. We must keep our hearts with all diligence, and that means putting Jesus Christ first, trusting every word He speaks, and leaning on Him with every care. Make knowing Christ your highest priority, the object of your praise, and the pursuit of your life. He will never fail you, and His strength will bear you through the anxious moments in life. His priority is to watch over you. A consuming love for the Lord Jesus Christ ought to be the priority of our lives. John MacArthur, in A Simple Christianity