MORNING MANNA 2-4-24
GUARD YOUR HEART
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”- Prov. 4:23“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:…” Prov.23:7
We guard things because they are important or valuable, and it is a serious matter. I read the story of a young soldier who had been placed on guard duty at a military post. He was on sentry duty at the main gate of a military outpost. His orders were clear: No car was to enter unless it had a special sticker on the windshield. A big Army car came up to the gate with a general seated in the back seat and a young driver seated in the front. The sentry said, “Halt, who goes there?”
The chauffeur, a corporal, said, “General Wheeler, let us pass.”
The young guard replied, “Sorry, I can’t let you through. You’ve got to have a sticker on the windshield and you don’t have it.”
The general said to the young driver, “Drive on, son, pay this man no attention.”
The sentry said, “Hold it. You really can’t come through. I have orders to shoot anyone and everyone who tries to enter this base without the proper sticker on the windshield, and you don’t have it!”
The general repeated to the driver, “I’m telling you, son, drive on.”
The sentry walked up to the rear window, laid rifle barrel on the door, pointed his rifle in the car at the general and asked, “General, I’m new at this: who do I shoot first, you or the driver?”
We laugh, but give him credit. He was serious about his duty. Even so, we should be serious when it comes to what we allow what enters our heart. Being derelict in our duty can lead to disaster, and if we fail to protect our heart we’ll get hurt. – HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
Humble, Tx.
