The Day Dan Found Out He Was An Idiot

Proverbs 27:19

'As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person.'

A Blown Fuse

 A few weeks ago, I learnt a huge lesson about myself. My day started as any ordinary day does; wake up, eat breakfast, spend a bit of time praying and reading the Bible and then drive to work. This was to be a particularly special day because firstly I prayed that God would shine through me all day, and secondly I had just read this wonderful extract from the Bible.

'Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behaviour. Instead, be kind to each other, tender-hearted  forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.' Ephesians 4:31-32

 When I commenced work at 7:30am everything was rosy, but at 7:39am I proceeded to let rip at a work colleague after he viscously and wrongly accused me of something I hadn't done. As I spent the rest of the day successfully avoiding eye contact with my work 'mate', I came to the conclusion that I must be the biggest idiot ever! The next day I apologised and rededicated myself to trying to get a little closer to what I was asking God to help me become. The lesson I learnt that day was that there was something bubbling on the inside of me that I needed God's help to sort out.

Health Check

 Medical professionals recommend that we annually visit the doctors to get a health check up. A check up goes from your head to your toes picking up any early signs of illness that may need to be treated. Statistically the older you get, the more likely you are to have developed a health issue, a check up prevents health issues by discovering them before they get out of control. It's amazing how little we can look after our own bodies physically and mentally, and even more so spiritually.

 Our spiritual health all stems from our heart.The Bible uses the heart to describe who we are on the inside, it is the motivation behind everything we do. Outwardly it might look like we are doing the right things, but what it all comes down to is the condition of our heart. God cares so much about our hearts, he knows that stuff comes to clog it up and pollute it and that's why he warns us to protect it;

Proverbs 4:23

Amplified Bible (AMP)

 'Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.'

Clogged Arteries 

 My problem came about because I took offence to something my work mate said which created anger in me, but had I been guarding my heart with more vigilance I may have avoided the whole situation (but then I wouldn't have got my inspiration for this blog, so swings and roundabouts hey?) Through out the Bible God was able to determine what people were made of not through what they were doing, but rather by who they were on the inside. If we allow junk into our hearts, don't be surprised when junk starts to come out. We need to be more heart smart about what we let into our souls. Whatever you are having trouble conquering can simply be resolved by controlling what you let in and keep out of your heart. 
 Do you want to forgive someone? Stop replaying in your head that thing they did to you, instead start praying for God to come in and help you forgive that person once and for all.
Do you struggle with negative thoughts, things such as guilt, fear, anxiety, depression, low self-worth? It's time to stand up and not allow things into your heart that are clogging your emotional and spiritual arteries up. 

 God is the ultimate heart surgeon but he will never operate unless he has our permission. When we allow him to work on us, he will gently and encouragingly reveal the gradual changes we need to make to produce a healthy heart. I hope like me, next time you have a spiritual health scare that you recognize that it's time to go visit Doctor Jesus.