Is there such a word? If not, consider it coined. Others/I talk a great deal about mindset (frame of reference) but what about our heartset? Sometimes I think the role our hearts play in who we are and how we go about being us isn’t framed within the concept of our heart. Do we know what’s there? HOW do we feed our hearts? What’s in our hearts? Do we prioritize this understanding?
“The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; …
(Matthew 12:35, AMP)“For out of the heart come evil thoughts and plans, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, slanders (verbal abuse, irreverent speech, blaspheming). These are the things which defile and dishonor the man; (15:19-20, AMP)
Couple these two verses and we begin to gain an appreciation about how important and what a significant role our hearts play in our growing and discovering who we are and what the heart does, besides pumping blood. How our heart is and how it influences our words and actions can’t be diminished or underestimated. There are many verses in the Bible that discuss the heart but one that has always captured my attention is found in Proverbs 4:23:
“Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.”
Watch… with ALL diligence. Not an idle suggestion. Whatever is seen in your behavior and heard from your words flows naturally from what’s in your heart. So… whatever your heartset is – truly represents who and what you are and do. Actually, perhaps what we need to do is what is stated in Luke 12 – where our treasure is, there our heart will be. So where is your treasure? What is your treasure? Never minimize the place and influence our heart determines.
There is a way, a direction available for us to maximize our heart’s influence positively. I believe we all need to remember and act on the prayer by David.
“Hide Your face from my sins. And blot out all my iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a right and steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.” (Psalm 51: 9-12, AMP)
That’s the recipe for having a heartset that is the foundation we all need. Seeking the Lord so that He can create, renew, and restore. He tells us (John 15:1-11) to always abide in Him so we can be fruitful and glorify the Father. That is a testimony of who we are and what is our heartset.
