His heart. Your heart. My heart.
In Ecclesiastes, Solomon writes about his own heart. Thirty-eight times he mentions it. He "sets" his heart, "communes" with his heart (1:13, 17), refuses to "withhold" it from any pleasure (2:10), "turns" it to despair (2:20), lectures it, reasons with it, and finally, in chapter 8, "applies" it to everything under the sun:
"All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun... When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth..." Ecclesiastes 8:9, 16
He throws his heart into every wind that blows: pleasure, wisdom, work, and madness only to watch it come back bruised and empty. That relentless "under the sun" perspective is draining the life out of him.
But there was a younger Solomon, full of the Spirit, who saw things differently. In Proverbs 4:23 he wrote, "Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life."
Two Solomons. Two instructions. One surrendered his heart to everything. The other guarded it like a fortress. So the question lands on us today:
What are you giving your heart to?
Every song you loop, every scroll, every grudge , or every dream you chase is shaping the wellspring of your life. External voices will always try to rent space in your heart. Some will build you up while others will slowly tear you down.
But you still get to choose, every single day, what (and Who) you will give your heart to.
Worship Jesus. Speak life into people. Stay in the Word. Practice gratitude. These aren't just good habits, they are lifelines for a heart that wants to flourish instead of fracture. Today, choose wisely.
-To Know Jesus. To Live on Mission.