My Heart, Christ's Home

The righteous hate what is false,
but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
Righteousness guards the man of integrity,
but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
-Proverbs 13:9

It is righteousness that guards our integrity, whereas wrong tears us down. First and foremost, we need to hate anything and everything that lurks in the corners and closets of our own souls that is false and wrong.

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In the booklet My Heart - Christ's Home, Robert Munger paints the picture of our heart as a house. Jesus comes in, walks around each room and sheds light in every corner and closet. He lets us know what is not right. When was the last time you asked Him to do this for you? When we see things in our hearts as He sees them, it is the first step to wanting and asking Him to set us free and cleanse us from whatever is false and wrong.

Next we look outward; we need to hate what is false and wrong in this world. Compromise is not a part of godly living. James 4:4 asks us an important question: "Don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God" (NIV).

The dearest idol I have known,
Whate'er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from Thy throne,
And worship only Thee.
-William Cowper

-From The One Year Wisdom for Women Devotional by Debbi Bryson; April 15

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