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third vista is our heart focus. This is a difficult thing to discover.
We have discussed here in the past that God desires us to live from our
hearts. He puts his spirit into our hearts and generates life moving
from inside out. This is why Satan attacks our hearts. God wants our
lives to be controlled by love – of God and of people. As God gives
different gifts, he gives different ways to express this love.
Satan
wants our hearts to be controlled by anything else: guilt, fear, hate,
lust, pride, etc. So, he attacks our hearts to smother love, if he can;
and to generate some other counterfeit. So, people build protections
over their hearts. And Satan confounds, confuses and distorts. So, we
either cut through the barriers to uncover our heart focus; or we peel
back all the layers. All of which God seeks to do.
It
is not totally possible to shut down the expression of our heart focus.
It peeks out from underneath the pile in a number of ways. To get a
glimpse of your heart focus, ask yourself questions like these:
- What are your dreams?
- Who are your heroes?
- What are your favorite stories? (Bible, movies, books.)
- What do you hope your future becomes?
- If guaranteed success, what would you do?
- What do you want written in your obituary?
This obviously requires using our imagination and a lot of quiet reflection. We need to remember that God’s
desire is his glory and the advancement of his kingdom. God’s route for
this is through his family – controlled by love, and attaining their
potential. Scripture says that God has put eternity in people’s hearts,
so the people are moved to seek him. Moreover, he puts a passion into
people’s hearts, so we are driven to actualize our potential, give him
glory, and love and serve people.
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