What Are You Full Of?

 

By Andrea Merrell

A good person produces good things from the treasury

of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things

from the treasury of an evil heart.

What you say flows from what is in your heart.

Luke 6:45 NLT

 

Normally, when someone says, “You’re full of it,” their meaning is anything but positive.

But it still begs the question, What are we full of? Faith? Joy? God’s Word? Or is it more a matter of fear? Anxiety? Bitterness?

The Word for You Today says, “You can learn a lot about yourself by listening to what you say.” Why? Because Jesus plainly tells us the mouth speaks whatever the heart is full of.

It’s a matter of input/output. What goes in is what comes out, so it’s important for us to realize what we think about, read, watch, dwell on, do habitually, and allow to become part of us.

The psalmist declared, “Your Word I have hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you” (Psalm 119:11 NKJV). The Passion translation put it like this: “I consider your Word to be my greatest treasure, and I treasure it in my heart to keep me from committing sin’s treason against you.”

When we fill our heart and mind with God’s Word, we allow our thoughts, words, and actions to line up with His.

Take a moment and listen to yourself, then ask yourself, “What am I full of?” If you don’t like the answer, you can change it starting today.

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