We are continuing our points today on why Christians must make keeping their hearts “the great business of their lives.” Last time, we looked at how keeping our hearts is directly correlated with glorifying God, and how living a life of hypocrisy—where there is no evidence of heart change—is its opposite (like the sin of murder or treason).

We have been looking at the place of the heart in the Christian life. Last time, we looked at six principles for keeping the heart (the heart represents our decision-making and will) focused on God. If you have not read the first three devotionals (or if you need review), please go back and read them. This is an essential subject for the believer to understand and practice. Today we will be looking at the first two reasons why Christians must make keeping the heart fixed on God “the great business of their lives.”

Last time, we looked at Flavel’s explanation of Proverbs 4:23, “Keep thy heart with all diligence. For out of it are the issues of life.” He explained that keeping the heart is the chief duty of the believer, and what the heart is from the Bible (the heart pertains to the decision-making and will). Today we will be looking at six principles that we need to know for keeping the heart fixed upon God.

In devotional 1 on Puritan John Flavel’s Keeping the Heart, we looked at what the heart is from a biblical perspective. We saw that the hearts of unbelievers are desperately wicked, and that the saved have their hearts transformed towards loving God increasingly.