Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
Here we see how the Wisdom of God far surpasses the wisdom of men. People spend all their time, money, and energy guarding their life, possessions and achievements but still fail. On the other hand, God says you guard only one thing, one area, and everything else will be taken care of. God says guard the source, and the outflowing will be secure. The heart is where life flows from and it’s where it’s sustained from. Everything physical, seen, and tangible is birthed from the unseen, which is the thoughts, ideas, beliefs and convictions in your heart. When your heart is filled with life, peace, assurance, safety, contentment, rest, and certainty that’s what is going to flow out of you, that’s what will mark everything you touch, do, and have. But if your heart is filled with fear, worry, confusion, failure, insecurity, and lack that’s what will come out of you, that’s what will mark whatever you touch, do, and have.
Therefore, focus on your heart and the rest will fall in line. That’s why Holy Spirit led prayer is that the eyes of our hearts are enlightened that we may know…what God has called us to, given us and is doing in us – Ephesians 1:18,19; that Christ dwell in our hearts through faith – Ephesians 3:17. This doesn’t mean Christ is not in us so we call Him to come in, it means we fill our hearts with the knowledge that Christ is in us.