Heart Knowledge part 3
We know God speaks in a still, small voice. And we know this voice comes from deep inside us. But sometimes we seem unable to make the connection that the still, small voice of God is the voice of LOVE. And love comes from the heart. Listening to that still, small voice means listening to our heart! I really don't like this idea where we think our mind is rational and our heart is irrational. Where the two have to be at war with one another. Where what we desire (the heart) is constantly at odds with what we "need" (the head). There is nothing in this universe that we need more than love. Love is ALL we need. And I'm not discounting basic human needs. Food, shelter, all of that. I'm simply saying we don't "need" to worry about those things. That was Jesus' point when He told us to seek first the Kingdom. He said all those things would be added to us. Given to us. Provided for us. And when we stop listening to that carnal mind... that's when we can let the mind of Christ (the HEART of Christ) that's already in us BE in us. That's when we understand that the circumcision made without hands cut away the flesh and revealed God's heart in our chests. The flesh of human effort was cut away. So that we can stop pursuing the wrong things and start focusing on the right thing. So we can HEAR that still, small voice that's deep inside. So that we can stop trying to finish a work that has already been finished, and we rest in the arms of our heavenly Father. Because, really, that's what that still, small voice is saying. The voice of truth leads and guides us into all truth by telling us the ultimate truth of the universe. "The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand" (John 3:35). That's what the heart knows. That's heart knowledge. Daddy loves us and has given us everything. God wanted the best FOR us, so He gave the best TO us. He gave us His only begotten Son so that we might know and believe that we ARE His beloved Son in whom He is well pleased! I'm totally convinced that the cry of man's heart is to be loved. And to love. Because it's a two way street. Someone loving us isn't enough. We have to be able to release what we've received. It's more blessed to give than to receive. But you have to receive first. So that you HAVE something to give. Being loved... AND loving others with that same love. That's what the heart knows. And it's only when we listen to anything and everything else that we lose our way. When we start chasing after what we've already got. That's when we rob ourselves from enjoying the gift we've been given. The "head" tells us what's wrong with us. But the heart knows what's RIGHT with us. The heart knows that we ARE loved, and we CAN love. The heart knows the truth, no matter what the facts look like. Because the heart looks past the surface. It looks at the deep. The real. It looks at love.