Heart Strong!

Associated with our bodies are many muscles. Some of those muscles are more noticeable than others. A lot of focus today is on big biceps and tight abdominal muscles. There are some muscles in our body we may not give much thought to until they are worked more than usual and we experience their soreness. Work sometimes reminds us of where some of our muscles are.

A muscle that is benefited by healthy eating and good exercise that continues doing its flexing without us even giving it much thought is the heart. The heart's rate of an average of 75 beats per minute, works to pump blood throughout the entire body. At about 4 ounces of blood per beat that amounts to three thousand gallons in a day. It is said that "the heart does enough work in one hour to lift a 150-pound man to the top of a three-story building, enough energy in twelve hours to lift a 65-ton tank car one foot off the ground, or enough power in seventy years to lift the largest battleship afloat completely out of the water." [source: Encyclopedia of 7700 illustrations, P. L. Tan, © 1996, Garland TX: Bible Communications]

The physical heart is very powerful. However, even more enduring and powerful is the EMOTIONAL and SPIRITUAL HEART. It can be powerfully touched and drawn into meeting a variety of human needs. It has power to bind us inseparably to those we love. It empowers sacrificial giving. It has power to cause one to risk their own life on behalf of others. It responds willingly to help lift and bear other's burdens. And it can draw us into a lifelong committed relationship with the truth and with the Lord even through some of life's greatest challenges.

In Paul's second letter to the church at Thessalonica, he urged. . .
"(16) Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, (17) COMFORT YOUR HEARTS AND ESTABLISH THEM IN EVERY GOOD WORK AND WORD." ( 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 ESV)

And the psalmist Asaph wrote. . .
"My flesh and my heart may fail, but GOD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY HEART and my portion forever." ( Psalm 73:26 ESV)

With our heart remaining connected to the heart of God, we will find continued strengthening for carrying out His Will. May we always be mindful of the importance of that heart condition as we live for fulfilling God's purposes in our life. Having the love of God pumping through our veins we will be strengthened for every good work.

Have a great day HEART HEALTHY TO GOD'S GLORY!
Carl

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