Inside Job

I have watched many movies and TV shows over the years where the traitor comes from within the organization and seeks destruction from the inside.  A robbery occurs and there are multiple clues that the thieves knew too much about the security systems and locations of where to go first. Inside jobs have a bit of “head start” and an unfair advantage.

Jesus taught in scripture that all sin is an “inside job”. The sin in my life starts deep in my heart and makes it way out of my heart into action or activities. This is hard to hear, but I know it’s true. So many people are concerned with “behavior modification” and Jesus is concerned with the heart because He knows that all behavior comes from the heart.  Check this out….

¹⁹ Food doesn’t go into your heart, but only passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer.” (By saying this, he declared that every kind of food is acceptable in God’s eyes.)

¹⁵ It’s not what goes into your body that defiles you; you are defiled by what comes from your heart.”

²⁰ And then he added, “It is what comes from inside that defiles you. ²¹ For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, ²² adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. ²³ All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.” (Mark 7:15,20-23 NLT)

I know me.

I know my heart.

I know my thoughts.

I know my behaviors.

I have much work to do on my heart. I am thankful that the Lord is full of Grace toward what He sees in my heart. He has forgiven much and forgiven often. I am humbled and thankful for His forgiveness and His grace. I am convicted of the decadent stuff in my heart. I’m repentant over what is in my heart.  I’m repulsed by the things inside my heart that I allowed to occupy space there.

I’m surrendering my heart to Him again this morning. I need Him to clean and sanitize my heart. Thankful because of His forgiveness and grace, my heart can be pure and clean again. I’m so humbled and thankful for this truth.

Pressing On!

Dwayne