Keep Watch Over Your Heart
(Day 15 – 6 Mar, Fri)
“Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.” … “So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.” Hebrews 3:7-19
This passage warns believers not to harden their hearts through unbelief, as the Israelites did, but instead to listen to God’s voice so that we may enter His rest.
Some time ago, I was going through a difficult season. Someone suggested that I read the Bible. At first, I was hesitant and wondered how it could really help me during such a time. Nevertheless, I took the advice and began reading the Gospel of John.
As I read, I noticed a familiar theme running through the chapters. At the same time, I was shocked and horrified to realise that I was not so different from the Jews who rejected Christ. Outwardly, I appeared to be a good Christian, but inwardly I often doubted God and failed to see His reality and power. Because of this, I constantly struggled in my walk with Him. There was a resistance within me that prevented me from fully yielding to Him.
I began to ask myself: if I call myself a Christian but do not truly yield to Him in my heart, then who am I? This realisation struck me deeply. I repented and started afresh, choosing once again to believe God and trust His Word. In many ways, I felt like an old Christian but a new believer.
Despite witnessing God’s mighty works, the Israelites repeatedly rebelled against God and Moses because of fear, unbelief, and disobedience. As a result, they wandered in the wilderness for forty years and were unable to enter the Promised Land.
“Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.” A hardened heart often grows out of unbelief, pride, or hurt. Let us take time to examine our hearts and make things right with God.
God’s instruction in Proverbs 4:23 reminds us: “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Christina See🙏✝️
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