Romans 10:9 (NIV)
9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is
Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the
dead, you will be saved.
The heart is the blood-pump of the body. It is also used
metaphorically when we speak of affections and feelings. Since it is the
central organ of the body and one of the most vital, the Bible speaks of it as
the wellspring of life. Hence, it is used synonymously with “life.” When the
Bible says, “Son, give me thine heart,” it doesn’t mean that we are to cut out
our actual hearts and give them to God. It means that we are to give Him our
lives, our all. When we come to Christ, we are not only to give intellectual
assent with our minds, we are to “believe in our hearts.” We can believe in the
historic Jesus, but if we have “saving faith” our belief must involve our whole
being. When we believe with all our hearts, the will, the emotions, and the
intellect are surrendered to Christ.
Thought for today:
Am I willing to trust God without restriction?
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