When I was a kid my mom would often prepare cow or pig hearts for supper. I liked it. I thought nothing of eating that delicious meal until I got to the ninth grade and saw a movie on open-heart surgery in biology class. 🤢
The heart is an amazing thing. It isn't that big but it is THE thing that sustains life. You rarely ever think about it until something goes wrong. Yet that miracle of creation is your lifeline.
However, in the Bible, the heart is not often described in pleasant terms. This came to light in one of Jesus' conversations with the Pharisees. They had called his attention to the fact that his men had eaten without washing their hands. Jesus reminded them of the following.
"What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person's heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person" (Mark 7:20-23).
Of course, Jesus wasn't talking about the literal organ. He was talking about our being. What comes out of the very core of our being is nothing good. In that vein, nowhere in the Bible does it say that we should ask Jesus into our hearts. It doesn't even say that we should accept him into our hearts. What it does say is that we need to repent.
Repentance is understanding and agreeing with God about the state of our wicked hearts. Recognizing that our heart disease is fatal and that there is no cure but the forgiveness that Jesus offers.
That little package in your chest that is about the same size as your fist, is as corrupt as can be. When you understand that fact and ask God to forgive your sins. Trusting in him to save you. He will.
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