What You Consider in Your Heart

 

 

 

And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

 —Romans 4:19

 

 

What you consider is more than just having a thought. It is taking a thought, meditating on it, and deliberating on how it applies to you. Abraham chose not to meditate on his advanced age and the “deadness of Sarah’s womb.” He chose not to let himself meditate on these negative things but placed his faith in God’s promise that they would have a child. Whether we realize it or not, our hearts always meditate on something. The heart is where our choices are made, and our futures are shaped. 

 

“For as he thinks in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7).

 

No matter the world's difficulties and challenges, we can choose what we will consider in our hearts. Adam and Eve lived in a perfect world with no sin and chose to consider the enemy’s words. What they considered changed human destiny. We now live with the results of their choice. We no longer live in a perfect world. We have to consider issues and make choices. We can consider the darkness of this world and be depressed, or we can consider the goodness of God’s love and be found in faith like Abraham. Our circumstances won’t automatically vanish, but we will grow in our faith to overcome them.

 

“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things” (Matthew 12:35).

 

We all bring something out of our hearts. Some bring forth fear, worry, anger, envy, resentment, and lust. Others bring forth love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness. Whether out of the good or evil treasure of the heart, words are spoken, actions and reactions change lives, and futures are created. You must “keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:23).

 

Paul wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit:

 

“Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things” (Philippians 4:8).

 

Mediate on things that are of a good report—honest, uplifting, encouraging, and praiseworthy! Don’t meditate on the “dark” issues in your life! Jesus is the Light. Mediate on Jesus and God’s promises. You may be “old and barren” to this world, but you are “young and fruitful” and full of promise to Jesus.

 

What would your life be like if your mind and heart contemplated pure and lovely things? Can you envision yourself living in a place of God’s peace and faith? If you consider good things in your heart, it is possible to live in love, joy, and peace.

 

“If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes,” Jesus said (Mark 9:23). 

 

The heart is where you believe (Romans 10:9). What are you considering in your heart?

 

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