22 Jan Nuggets to Change Your World! 2 Timothy 2:5

The Bible tells us in Proverbs 4:20-23, “My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.  Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.  For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”  Let’s focus in on verse 23, “Guard your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”

Have you ever been somewhere where you had to write a check and the amount you were writing the check for was disconcertedly close to the amount you had in your checking account?  You may have been a bit apprehensive as you penned out this check when normally with a couple bold strokes of the pen you would have confidently written out this check.  In the same vein, when we find ourselves constantly agitated in our soulish realm, it may be a good indicator that our spirit is just about bankrupt of deposits of God’s Word (Matt. 4:4)!

At times like this, it is imperative to pull apart with the Lord and make plenty of spiritual deposits of God’s Word into our spiritual account (Mk 6:31).  Remember this…if you don’t regularly “come apart” with the Lord, your life may just “come apart” at the seams!

Now let’s briefly take another look at our key scripture:  “Guard your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the ‘issues’ of life.” Remember this…it is imperative that we regularly get in a quiet place away from the natural “issues” of life so we can fill up our spiritual “issues”!