Pastor Bob’s Blog

Has anyone ever said to you, “Only the Lord knows what’s in a person’s heart.” It seems reasonable. How can we know what we can’t see, hear, taste, feel, or experience? In fact, how can we really know what’s in our own hearts?

Jesus told how we’ll know, and it’s recorded in Luke 6:45 (ESV): “The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” The Amplified Bible amplifies that last clause: “for out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks.”

How do you know what’s in a sponge? You can’t tell by just looking at it. If you squeeze it, though, its contents gush out.

What’s in your heart? We know by what comes out of your mouth when you’re squeezed by your circumstances – financial, health, relationship, and other pressure. Are your first words ones of fear, doubt, loss, anger, or panic? Or are they words of faith, love, hope, and confidence in God? Are they the words of Dr. Phil or Oprah? Or are they the words of Jesus?

I want my heart to be so full of what I’ve read in my Bible that when pressure comes, the words that gush out of my mouth are the promises of God. I want faith, hope, and love to be the overflow of my heart. And the only way that will happen is if I fill up my heart with the right stuff – before the pressure comes.

I invite you to spend time with your Bible and to fill up your heart with what God has to say. When pressure comes, what God has to say is what will come gushing out of your mouth. And you won’t even have to think about it.