What's in Your Wallet?

Have you seen the commercial where the unsuspecting shopper is purchasing something at a store and a throng of Viking warriors start to storm the store? At just the last second, the shopper pulls out their Capitol One Visa card and darn... the Vikings are thwarted! The announcer then poses the question, "What's in your wallet?"

The Scriptures tell us that "out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks". In other words, what is in your heart and soul will flow out when life inevitably jostles you. It's as if you carry around a cup inside that sloshes out its contents when life bumps you. If your child, mate or boss bumps you in some way, what is in your heart and soul will come out.

If you are filled with toxic waste, then toxic waste will spill out into the lives of those around you. If, on the other hand, you are filled with refreshing living waters, then what flows out of you will touch and bless those you have watered.

I think there is a God-given rub to life that He designed to expose the toxic waste in our heart and soul. If we are open to the experience, God will begin the process of cleaning up our "well" and the source of toxic waste will be healed. As the corrosion of the heart is cleansed, the contents are replaced with His Living Water.

When the jostles of life begin to slosh our hearts and soul, instead of a Viking battle ensuing, a soft answer that turns away wrath will most likely flow forth.

So my question to you is, "What's in your heart?"

"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."

Psalm 139:23-24