Where Your Heart Is

What we store in our heart is what we love. Our heart holds our treasure. There are several verses that talk about our heart and what is in it.

Scriptures:
Psalms 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.

Romans 12:2  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Psalms 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

Proverbs 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Matthew 15:18-20 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.

Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Thoughts:
As I read through these verses, I really was impressed by what I treasure.  I store my precious memories, thoughts and desires in my heart. I think about Mary.  When the wise men came and the shepherds came to worship her baby Jesus, she stored up all those things in her heart. She held on to her memories. What do I store up in my heart, is what I think about, what I work for and what I want.

So what am I storing up in my heart?

David said, Your word have I hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you.  Psalms 119:11
I hope I am storing up God's word, God's love and love for God.
I want to be able to say that I am meditating on my Savior and His word. I want to be able to say I am thinking about God and His will. I want to think about what God is asking me to do and be able to respond to his leading.  I want to recognize His voice and obey.

What is proceeding out of my heart?

It says in Matthew that what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart and that is what defiles us.  I don't want to be uttering hurtful things, harmful things and things that are not of God.  Lord forgive me for saying anything that is contrary to you.  Forgive me for gossip, hurtful words and negative ideas.

I need to ask myself more often, "what am I thinking about, meditating on, and even speaking?"
If it not of God, I really need to change me thoughts and change my words.  I need to change what is in my heart.