Recently I saw a program on DIY TV about secret rooms and compartments. There was one man who had some valuable jewelry that he wanted to keep nearby, so he had a secret compartment built into a wall of his home. It was a very elaborate setup that required him to move certain objects on a shelf in a predetermined pattern. Doing this would cause the secret compartment to open in his wall. He then had to enter a combination which would cause another compartment to rise up from within the wall and give him access to his valuables.
Proverbs 4:23 says, "Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." I wonder how many of us really regard our hearts as a treasure of such value that we would go through elaborate measures to guard it. The words of a popular song say,
Guard your heart, Guard your heart
Don't trade it for treasure
Don't give it away
Guard your heart, Guard your heart
As a payment for pleasure
It's a high price to pay
For a soul that remains sincere
With a conscience clear
Guard your heart
(Listen to entire song, http://youtube.com/watch?v=0k8TEGidlGA)
The heart is the seat of our emotion, will, and intellect. All of these are important in shaping and distinquishing our personalities. Some of us are emotional by nature, some of us are strong willed, and some of us are intellectuals. Yet all of us are succeptible to being lead astray if we are not aware of the methods of seduction.
Let's not cheapen ourselves by following the vainity of this present age. Remember, for most of us there will be many more tomorrows and the decisions about what we allow to influence us will shape those tomorrows.
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