Meditations of the Heart - David Mitts
"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer." Psalms 19:14 Words and Meditations! Last chapter we spoke about using our speech for edification and not for criticism and judgments. In order to change the confession of our mouth, we need to deal with meditations of the heart. It is the meditations of our hearts that define our lives. "Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life." Proverbs 4:23 The key to heart diligence is the meditations of the heart. The Psalmist cries, let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in the sight of the Lord. The key here is the word acceptable. It sets the objective of the meditations. In Hebrew, the word is derived from the root “ratz” which is derived from broken pieces of pottery. A broken piece or a shard would be used to deliver an important message or desire to another person. This would b...