"Follow your heart."
We hear it all the time, and it sounds nice… but is it actually good advice?
When it comes to making decisions like, "Is he or she right for me," "Should I buy
this new thing," or "How should I respond to what they just said," following your
heart is a good way to make a bad decision.
Here's why, think about it.
What does your heart want?
Your heart wants what makes you feel good.
It wants, what brings you the most happiness, the most satisfaction in that moment.
That sounds good, right?
Wrong!
The problem is, the moment ends, and as a result our feelings change.
What feels good now, could make us feel horrible tomorrow... or even sooner.
Remember, our hearts only tell us what we want to hear.
It expresses our desires and our felt needs.
When we ignore our intellect and intuition, which is where we get the phrases, "Use
your head" and "Trust your gut," and instead just follow our heart... our feelings
will not only lead to frustration, but they lead us to do things that are foolish, and
hurtful.
Things the Bible calls sin.
Jesus warns against following our heart's when he said: "For from within, out of the
heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness,
deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.
All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person."
It doesn't take a long look around to see the damage people have done to their lives
and to others by, following their heart.
Marriages and families are destroyed.
Addictions run rampant.
The value of life, along with the feelings, opinions and wellbeing of others are at best
seen as less than, and at worse seen as an enemy that needs to be trammeled over in the
pursuit of our wants and desires.
Jerimiah 17:9 says, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who
can understand it?"
While we have trouble understanding our hearts, God does not.
He knows our needs, He knows our situations, and He knows the path we should take that
doesn't lead just momentary happiness and satisfaction, but to lasting joy and peace.
Proverbs 3:3-5 tell us, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your
own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."
Yes, your feelings are important, but they alone can't be trusted.
God has given you your heart, your intellect, and your intuition, all three are key to making
a rational decision.
It doesn't end there though, God has also given you the Bible to learn the truth.
He's given you His Son, Jesus Christ to be your example of the truth lived out, and
for believers, He's given you His Spirit, to lead you, and straighten you in the truth.
So no, don't "Follow your heart," that is a terrible way to make decisions, and it
is a selfish and shortsighted way to live!
Instead, use all the gifts God has given you, to make rational, God honoring decisions.
When you follow, "the way the truth and the life," Jesus offers, you will never
be led wrong.
That's today's Bible Munch.
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