IS THINE HEART RIGHT

 
EVENING DEVOTION

NOVEMBER 21

 

2 Kings 10:15

Is thine heart right, 

as my heart is with thy heart?

 
This is an important enquiry.
 
With some the head is right,

 it has clear views of doctrine, and 

   can make correct statements respecting Christian experience, 

      but the heart is not right.
 
Reader, is thine?
 
Is it broken for sin?
 
It is set against sin?
 
It is fixed on the Lord Jesus?
 
Do you embrace the Lord’s word, 

  rest for acceptance on Jesus’ finished work, and 

    endeavour so to walk as to please God?
 
Is your heart glowing with love to the saints, 

  pity for the world, and 

    zeal for the glory of God?
 
Can you live comfortably, without living upon Christ?
 
Can you be satisfied without fellowship with God?
 
How is your heart affected towards the Bible, 

  the Lord’s day, and the means of grace?
 
Are you humbles under a sense of your sinfulness, and 

  filled with wonder at the exceeding grace of God towards you?
 
If so, your heart is right.
 
You must often visit Gethsemane and Calvary, 

  you must have fellowship with Christ in his sufferings, 

    or you cannot keep the heart right.
 
If it is not right, are you mourning on account of it?
 
Do you take it to Jesus?
 
Perhaps you are saying—
 

It mine were right, it could not be,

Good God, so contrary to thee,

So prone to every sin:

It must remain an evil heart,

Till thou thine hallowing grace impart,

And Christ is formed within.

 
James Smith