It’s A Season of Heart Testing – A Word by Madeline James
It's A Season of Heart Testing A Word by Madeline James Have you been feeling the heat and pressure lately? Welcome to promotion season! I've come to learn over the years, promotion is not really about the next position or title, its about the heart. It' s about where your heart is, and where it will go. Proverbs 4:23 says, "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." What this scripture is saying is, what is in your heart will lead and guide you. It will direct you, whether you realize it or not. Sometimes we'll be lead a certain direction and not always realize, or will have a certain reaction because of what's in our hearts. Other versions of this verse above say, "Guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life."The Hebrew word for heart is leb. It means inner man, mind, will, seat of emotions and passions. The Hebrew word for the flow of springs is towtsa'ah. It means outgoing, boundary, a source, issues. What are the issues or outgoings of your heart? When we don't guard or check our hearts, our flow or outgoing source can become contaminated. God will allow the testings to come to expose whats there. Sometimes we see it as cruel, but really its His love protecting us. He's allowing the hidden things to be exposed so it doesn't give the enemy an open door in our lives in that moment or down the road. David...