Proverbs 3:3-6 Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you
will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Trust in the LORD
with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways
submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
What does it look like to have love and faithfulness bound
around your neck and written on the tablet of your heart? The analogy probably
goes back to the way slaves or cattle were bound to their masters in chains. If
Christ is our master, we are bound to His ministry of love. Could it be that
when His love is bound so tightly, there is no opportunity for bitterness and
hate to penetrate? It’s interesting the source of binding - the neck - lies
between the head and the heart. Our mind can quickly affect what comes into our
hearts. What Christ desires, is for us to subject our hearts to Him. Then, the
flow will be reversed. Our hearts, bound to Christ, will change our thoughts.
When our thoughts become engrained with hearts chained to His, our actions
become motivated by love.
Loving Father, I try so hard to figure things out with my
head. Your desire is for me to purify my heart and allow your love to figure it
out for me. Bind me today! Amen
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