The Evil Within Us

It is often difficult to think about the human heart without seeing it as the media portrays it. We view the heart as this lovely bright red painted picture, often seen with cupid arrows running through it. We tend to think of the heart with love, affection, longing and endearment. It's a symbol known across the globe as LOVE.

But, the human heart is truly not such a picture of lovliness.

Jeremiah 17:9 tells us, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; Who can know it?"

Hmmmmmmmm.....makes us stop and think about our hearts, doesn't it? Deceitful and wicked above ALL things is how it is described in the Word.

Our hearts desire deceitfulness and it is a struggle within the flesh to keep the evil of our hearts at bay. Each day, one way or another, situations arise when our hearts are tested and the evil rises to the surface and rears its' ugly head. We must fight to keep our thoughts pure, our mouths quiet and our hands calm.

THE EVIL WITHIN US lies right in our own hearts. Dear God, help me to "guard my heart, above all else" as Proverbs 4:23 says for it is "the wellspring of life." EVERYTHING about me, springs forth from my heart.

"Create in me a pure heart, oh God!" Psalm 51:10