How do we keep a watch on our hearts and keep ourselves from spoiling? One really good way is to read God’s Word every day. We might not know what is in our hearts, but God does. Reading the Bible helps us to stay sealed in the Holy Spirit and away from the offensive odors of sin. Prayer too keeps us tightly suctioned so that we are held continually in the things of the Lord and not giving way to the air of other pleasures, our flesh, or the deception of the devil.
If you don’t know if that seal around your heart is getting loose or gaping, make this wonderful prayer from David your prayer today:
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” (Psalm 139:23-24)
