tough job

We cannot follow God with a divided heart. John 10:27
We cannot love with a divided heart. Ex.20:5
We cannot serve with a divided heart. Luke 16:13
But, unfortunately, we can be Christians and go to church and
sing Jesus songs with a divided heart.
It seems like nobody knows.
God knows all things, but he doesn’t control our hearts.
We are called to guard our hearts.
He has left that challenging job for us to do.
Solomon received everything and much more from God.
God gave him power and riches, but God did not control
his heart. He did well until he allowed seemingly small
compromises to divide his heart.
His negligence of God’s advice not to marry foreign
women brought idols to his household. They were just harmless
decorations, but powerful enough to deceive this mighty
man of God. The king with a divided heart left behind him
a divided kingdom.
A divided heart looks manageable in the beginning, but
down the road it will, without mercy destroy a person from inside.
“Guard your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring
the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23