FAITH CAPSULE: A heart that is not open for the entrance of the word of God will experience darkness.
Psalm 95
The destination of the word of God is not to the head or mouth but to the heart.
The word of God is to settle in the heart.
The word of God should occupy the heart.
Proverbs 4:4 buttresses, “He also taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commands, and live.”
When word enters the heart, the activity of darkness shall become terminated.
With understanding is to experience light when the word of God gains entrance into the heart.
Psalm 119:130 testifies, “The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.”
Above all, the word of God in the heart terminates darkness.
John 1:1-5 states the importance of the word of God in the darkness of this world, “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him, nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. “And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
A heart that does not give entrance to the heart is bound to struggle continually to navigate in life.
Give entrance for the word of God in your heart not to become a victim of wickedness.
A hardened heart does not have a place for the word of God to rise above the wickedness and darkness of the world.
For example, the journey of the Israelites experienced disruption and derailed, as many could not arrive at the promise of God.
The hardness of the heart takes over the Israelites.
Psalm 95:7-9 states, “Today, if you will hear His voice: “Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, as in the day of trial in the wilderness, When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work.”
Many ears receive the word of God but not with the heart.
The hardness of the heart is a factor in not receiving the word of God.
The hardness of the heart gives to rebellion.
The Israelites turned rebellious and tested God.
Despite the manifestation of the word of God, the Israelites failed to journey by the word of God and repeatedly complained before God.
For forty years, the Israelites could not live by the word of God.
Psalm 95:10 concludes, “…it is a people who go astray in their hearts, and they do not know My ways.”
Are you opening your heart for the word of God to gain entrance?
Many are not allowing the entrance of the word of God in the heart for direction in the world of darkness.
A failure to open a heart for the word of God will go astray.
Prayer for the day: Pray to have an open heart for the word of God to gain entrance.