What's on the inside?
This passage found in Mark Chapter 14 has always caused me to be convicted by my own words and actions.
Life change happens on the inside and the proof of that life change is not what we appear to be on the outside but what we really are on the inside.
It is easy to fool people some of the time, however, I have found out that every time I thought I was fooling or hiding my real actions or intentions, I wasn't really fooling anybody except myself. Of course for some they did not know for a time but that is the problem with time. At some point the real me comes out and then they know. In reality I think they knew along but did not want to face the truth about me. (Now that is another issue we can talk about in the future)
Concerning this inside stuff, as hard as I tried I knew deep down inside that I was wrong and somehow it all comes to the surface even though I did not want it to do so. It happens in a slip of the speech, or a wrong look, or a short temper or even in an out and out defiance and action of rebellion.
Jesus words are warning to this destructive reality, yet, He gives us insight to how to control this as well. Jesus said, "It is what is in the heart that defiles." SO, our remedy to this sin nature is a change of heart.
What is in your heart that needs to be changed?
How do you guard your heart from sin?
If I fill my heart with the words of Jesus then what comes out will be His words. That’s what I want for my life.
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