“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”
Pro 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Pro 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Pro 4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Pro 4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Pro 4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Pro 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Pro 4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Pro 4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Pro 4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Pro 4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Heart - H3820 לב lêb BDB Definition:
1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions
1a10) as seat of courage
Keep - H5341 נצר nâtsar
1) to guard, watch, watch over, keep
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to watch, guard, keep
1a2) to preserve, guard from dangers
1a3) to keep, observe, guard with fidelity
1a4) to guard, keep secret
1a5) to be kept close, be blockaded
1a6) watchman (participle)
Diligence - H4929 משׁמר mishmâr
1) place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance
1a) jail, prison, guard-house
1b) guard, guard post, act of guarding
1c) observances
Issues - H8444 תּצאה / תּוצאה tôtsâ'âh
1) outgoing, border, a going out, extremity, end, source, escape
1a) outgoing, extremity (of border)
1b) source (of life)
1c) escape (from death)
Life - H2416 חי chay
1) living, alive (adjective)
1a) green (of vegetation)
1b) flowing, fresh (of water)
1c) lively, active (of man)
1d) reviving (of the springtime)
2) relatives (noun masculine)
3) life (abstract emphatic) (noun masculine)
3a) life
3b) sustenance, maintenance
4) living thing, animal (noun feminine)
4a) animal
4b) life
4c) appetite
4d) revival, renewal
5) community (noun feminine)
In order to keep our heart with all diligence, we must watch what we think on.
2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Imagination - G3053 Λογισμός logismos
1) a reckoning, computation
2) a reasoning: such as is hostile to the Christian faith
3) a judgment, decision: such as conscience passes
Casting down - G2507 καθαιρέω kathaireō
1) to take down
1a) without the notion of violence: to detach from the cross, one crucified
1b) with the use of force: to throw down, cast down
2) to pull down, demolish
2a) the subtle reasonings (of opponents) likened to a fortress, i.e. to refute, to destroy
High thing - G5313 ὕψωμα hupsōma
1) thing elevated, height
1a) of space
1b) elevated structure, i.e. barrier, rampart, bulwark
Exalt itself - G1869 ἐπαίρω epairō
1) to lift up, raise up, raise on high
2) metaphorically to be lifted up with pride, to exalt one’s self
Knowledge - G1108 γνῶσις gnōsis
1) knowledge signifies in general intelligence, understanding
1a) the general knowledge of Christian religion
1b) the deeper more perfect and enlarged knowledge of this religion, such as belongs to the more advanced
1c) especially of things lawful and unlawful for Christians
1d) moral wisdom, such as is seen in right living
Captivity - G163 αἰχμαλωτίζω aichmalōtizō
1) to lead away captive
2) metaphorically to capture ones mind, captivate
Thought - G3540 νόημα noēma
1) a mental perception, thought
2) an evil purpose
3) that which thinks, the mind, thoughts or purposes
Obedience - G5218 ὑπακοή hupakoē
1) obedience, compliance, submission
2) obedience rendered to anyone’s counsels, an obedience shown in observing the requirements of Christianity
If we depend on our own reasoning we will get things all out of kilter. Our human reasoning will tend to put importance to the things that are in the world: power, influence, authority, possessions, security, etc.
(All the foundations of the World are out of course. For all that is in the world are the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.) Desires and pride are empty things.
Reaching and grasping and never arriving. Hungering and thirsting and never filled. Devouring and consuming and leaving the life broken and empty.
Our human reasoning will think that one person is more important than another. We would rather be friends with this well liked individual that seems to have everything together and not take time for another that is needy.
Human reasoning blinds us; we will not be able to receive direction from God to reach out to a needy soul because we are groping for something that God is not in.
If we let anything get out of its proper position, then it will be a high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. It will interfere with and contradict the good. It will discount the things of God as unimportant or lesser than they are.
We want His way to be high and lifted up and all our ways to be seen as the filthy rags that they are.
Isa 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Isa 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isa 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Isa 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
“Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory!” Life and death are from God. He can make the dry tree flourish and He can dry up the green tree. He is the Alpha and Omega; the beginning and the end. He can bring down the high tree and He exalts the low tree. He is Almighty and all are in His hand. (Eze 17:24)
Why do we try to put our reasoning and imagination into things and think that we know better than God? Has God any need of counsel from man? Serve God; worship God! Focus on Him and leave the rest, the working out of what should or should not be, to Him.
Hallowed be Thy Name! Respected and honored above every name that is named whether in heaven or in earth.
Rom 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
We need to be careful that God is the one that is highly esteemed in our hearts and minds. Not our own desires, plans, or ambitions, not our self or our honor, Not any other man or woman, Not creature or creation, only God be glorified.
Glorified - G1392 δοξάζω doxazō
1) to think, suppose, be of opinion(esteem)
2) to praise, extol, magnify, celebrate
3) to honour, do honour to, hold in honour
4) to make glorious, adorn with lustre, clothe with splendour
4a) to impart glory to something, render it excellent
4b) to make renowned, render illustrious
4b1) to cause the dignity and worth of some person or thing to become manifest and acknowledged
We need to be thankful. It, among other things, is a protection to us. We will never get in trouble in our mind while focusing on being thankful and worshipping God.
Imagination - G1261 διαλογισμός dialogismos
1) the thinking of a man deliberating with himself
1a) a thought, inward reasoning
1b) purpose, design
2) a deliberating, questioning about what is true
2a) hesitation, doubting
2b) disputing, arguing
Vain - G3154 ματαιόω mataioō mat-ah-yo'-o - From G3152;
to render (passively become) foolish, that is, (morally) wicked or (specifically) idolatrous: - become vain.
Darkened – (metaphorically) for the eyes, the understanding, and the mind to be deprived of light.
1Co 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
1Co 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
1Co 3:20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
1Co 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
The wisdom of the world is foolishness with God.
2Co 10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Having things in improper positions in your esteem will cause you to be silent when you should speak and to feel boundaries where there should be none. It will create a self consciousness that will tie you up in knots.
2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Captivity
CAPTIVITY, n.
1. The state of being a prisoner, or of being in the power of an enemy by force or the fate of war.
3. Subjection; a state of being under control.
Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
Thought - G3540 νόημα noēma no'-ay-mah
From G3539; a perception, that is, purpose, or (by implication) the intellect, disposition, itself: - device, mind, thought.
Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries
Perceive
PERCE'IVE, v.t. [L. percipio; per and capio, to take.]
1. To have knowledge or receive impressions of external objects through the medium or instrumentality of the senses.
2. To know; to understand; to observe.
3. To be affected by; to receive impressions from.
Purpose
PUR'POSE, n. [L. propositum, propono; pro, before,and pono, to set or place.]
1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure or exertion.
2. Intention; design.
Intellect
IN'TELLECT, n. [L. intellectus, from intelligo, to understand. See Intelligence.] That faculty of the human soul or mind, which receives or comprehends the ideas communicated to it by the senses or by perception, or by other means; the faculty of thinking; otherwise called the understanding.
Disposition
DISPOSITION, n. [L.]
4. Temper (Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.) or natural constitution of the mind; as an amiable or an irritable disposition.
5. Inclination; propensity; the temper or frame of mind, as directed to particular objects. We speak of the disposition of a person to undertake a particular work; the dispositions of men towards each other; a disposition friendly to any design.
2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Obedience - G5218 ὑπακοή hupakoē hoop-ak-o-ay'
From G5219; attentive hearkening, that is, (by implication) compliance or submission: - obedience, (make) obedient, obey (-ing).
Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries
We need to keep a watch on our mind so that every perception, every purpose, every disposition, and every thought is tested as soon as it enters the vestibule through attentive harkening, compliance, and submission to Jesus Christ.
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