“Shut the door, you weren’t raised in a barn”! How many times have you heard or even said that phrase? Shut the door! Why? Either to keep something in or something out. Proverbs 4:23 says “keep thy heart with all diligence” or guard your heart with vigor and intensity. Keep the door shut. Guard what tries to go in. What God has placed in our hearts is precious, a treasure to cherish. It brings joy and peace. Satan would love to come in and destroy what we have. Although he can not take our salvation, he can take our joy and peace if we allow him. He wants us to live in hopelessness, burdened down and not walking in the freedom that was given to us in Jesus Christ. Guard your heart, do not give way to the devil. Do not listen to the lies that he has daily put before you. Do not leave the door flung open or even cracked open so he can get a foot in the door. Lock it up tight with the word of God so you can recognize untruth and deceiving actions. Satan can only take what you give him. He is very sly and if you let him visit, before long he has moved in and it is almost impossible to kick him out. A stronghold has developed, and you feel shacked and defeated. God warns us in Ephesians 4 not to give way to the devil. How do we do that? By our disobedience, anger, selfishness, or lusts of the flesh of any kind. Doing anything contrary to God’s word cracks open our heart’s door to let Satan move in. Be careful because when he comes in he brings others with him- doubt, fear, depression, helplessness, sadness, loneliness, and many more.
Keep your heart’s door shut to the things of this world. Guard it with all your strength for when you do, God will open it with love, compassion, peace and mercy.
Phillipians 4:7, “And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ”.
Hebrews 10:22, “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.”
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