-Proverbs 3:7
It's terrible that the thought synonymous with the phrase 'guard and protect your heart' is the voice of Kasey from Ali's season of the Bachelorette, complete with tattoo, claiming that all he wants to do is 'guard and protect her heart'.
Thankfully, beyond hearing Kasey's voice, I am also reminded of Proverbs 4:23.
In the first chapter of Proverbs wisdom is personified as a woman crying aloud in the streets; from there the writer of Proverbs continues to show us the specific actions of wisdom.
Chapter 2, verse 10 in Proverbs says: 'Wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul'.
In verse 12 of the same chapter wisdom becomes what will protect us 'from the ways of wicked men'. The promise of protection by wisdom is restated in verse 6 of chapter 4: 'Do not forsake wisdom and she will protect you'. And then in the midst of reading about the protection of wisdom it just seems natural that we would find 'Above all else, guard your heart' in Proverbs 4:23.
Wisdom enables me to guard my heart, not Kasey ;), and this wisdom is not from me, it is wisdom that comes from 'fearing the Lord and shunning evil'- that is the secret to a guarded heart, our wellspring of life.
Wisdom is key. It is to be 'looked for as silver and searched for as hidden treasure' Proverbs 2:4.
My heart will be protected and guarded by the wisdom of God! What a blessing!
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