Thursday, August 04, 2005
Total Eclipse of the Heart...
I remember one popular song telling me to “Listen to your Heart.” Two theme songs for the movie Rocky IV were “Burning Heart” and “Hearts on Fire,” as Rocky prepared for a big boxing match. Don Henley encouraged fans to remember “The Heart of the Matter.”
The heart is a pretty big deal in our culture. Americans, like few others in history, talk about the heart as the source of emotions, dreams, and passions.
What’s in your heart?
For most of us, the number one thing on our hearts is, unfortunately, ourselves. Our self-loving society leads us to answer the questions “What makes me happy?” “What makes me comfortable?” “What do I need?” “What do people think of me?” “What do I feel like doing today?”
Ironically, the world of “me” is not what’s really best for “my” heart. If I’m a Christian, then my heart and my entire life actually belongs to God, who loves me and gave everything to win my heart!
God calls us to “set your hearts on things above” (Colossians 3:1), and invest our lives in the things that last forever. Loving God requires a “total eclipse of the heart” – where you decide that you love God more than yourself.
The heart is a pretty big deal in our culture. Americans, like few others in history, talk about the heart as the source of emotions, dreams, and passions.
What’s in your heart?
For most of us, the number one thing on our hearts is, unfortunately, ourselves. Our self-loving society leads us to answer the questions “What makes me happy?” “What makes me comfortable?” “What do I need?” “What do people think of me?” “What do I feel like doing today?”
Ironically, the world of “me” is not what’s really best for “my” heart. If I’m a Christian, then my heart and my entire life actually belongs to God, who loves me and gave everything to win my heart!
God calls us to “set your hearts on things above” (Colossians 3:1), and invest our lives in the things that last forever. Loving God requires a “total eclipse of the heart” – where you decide that you love God more than yourself.
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