THE INNER BANK ACCOUNT

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life – Proverbs 4:23

“Jesus said, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21)…your heart contains the treasure, and your heart is the place where your soul and spirit meet. Your “treasure” is made up of thoughts, beliefs, assumptions and doctrines that you accept as true. Your treasure is what you base your decisions and attitudes on; it can bring success, or it can bring failure.

In other words, your treasure is what you live on. All you do every day of your life comes out of that treasure. It is a “bank account” for life. You draw on that bank account and withdraw “currency” to deal with your spouse. You make a withdrawal every time you are with friends and neighbours. You make a withdrawal when you interact with other people on your job and at your business.

Every day, all of us make withdrawals from the treasure in our hearts. If your treasure is negative, a withdrawal may bring the currency of worry, strife or contention…

It’s easy to spot the things in your treasure that need changing by looking at the negative symptoms you see in your life. It’s also easy to spot your good treasure from the successful, fruitful manifestations that show up in your life every day.

You see what is inside you by what is coming out of you. Every problem in your life is like a printed page from your mind, held up for all to read. We live out our thinking. This importance of understanding this isn’t so you can figure out what is wrong with everyone else but so you can look at yourself and see where you need to improve.

…the thoughts of our hearts translate into outward behaviour and lifestyle.”