I love science. I get a whirl of raw emotion as I sit and ponder what God has made. Everything in this universe was created by Him and through Him. From the farthest star in the sky to the deepest creature in the ocean. From the blue of my eyes to the valves in my heart that keep blood flowing in one direction. There is no human being that intelligent to design something so intricate. Of course they have tried, and yes science is filled with amazing new findings and inventions everyday. However, I believe they can do these things because God has given them this ability through the creation He created. Who tells God what to do and how to do it but Himself?
The heart is an interesting and complex thing. Physiologically speaking, it is in fact what keeps us alive. Yes, we need other things to function as well, but it all goes back to the heart. Even the brain can die and yet the body still lives if the heart is beating. Spiritually speaking it's what keeps us close to God or what separates us. The world is constantly saying "follow your heart". But do I really want to follow my heart? It seems that every time I do, I'm only trying to satisfy my sinful desires. On the other hand, when I'm seeking God- dying to myself daily, laying my burdens at the foot of the cross- I see godly desires strengthened. The heart is a truly deceptive thing. At times it can encourage us to follow the Lord's way, and at other times it can lead us to sin.
I find that J.C Ryle says it best," I fear we do not sufficiently realize the extreme subtlety of our soul's disease. We are too apt to forget that temptation to sin will rarely present itself to us in its true colors, saying, 'I am your deadly enemy, and I want to ruin you forever in hell.' Oh no! Sin comes to us, like Judas, with a kiss; and like Joab, with an outstretched hand and flattering words." One day, we will no longer have to worry about our hearts keeping us from Christ. There is nothing scarier than knowing our own hearts can deceive us of truth. I have seen and experienced how important it is to fill my mind with the wisdom of the Lord in order to fight this war within. I am so glad the Lord uses times in our sanctification to show us our sin, to humble us and bring us back to the only Truth that will lead to everlasting life. Christ has come and died to give us the Holy Spirit and new hearts; praise God He did not leave us to ourselves.
Jeremiah 17
5 Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
and makes flesh his strength,
whose heart turns away from the Lord.
6 He is like a shrub in the desert,
and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
in an uninhabited salt land.
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord.
8 He is like a tree planted by water,
that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
10 “I the Lord search the heart
and test the mind,
to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”
11 Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch,
so is he who gets riches but not by justice;
in the midst of his days they will leave him,
and at his end he will be a fool.
12 A glorious throne set on high from the beginning
is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord, the hope of Israel,
all who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you shall be written in the earth,
for they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living water.
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