Disconnecting Hearts

I've always been a stickler on language. The way we speak has a lot to say about what we believe. I get peeved if someone "invites" God into a place, or if a missionary feels that they are "bringing" God to a place. I'm annoyed with people who speak of God as if they are far off, and distant. That is not the God I know. That is not the God of the Bible. I have held these convictions for awhile.

I have a new one forming. In a class the other day, one of my teachers was talking about the language of "accepting Christ into your heart." She talked about how the New Testament speaks often of salvation, speaks often about Jesus, and speaks often about the heart, but that they are never all spoken of together. Instead, Jesus is looking for us to follow Him.

If you become aware that God isn't in your life, try following Him. He is there. To find Him though, you must go where He goes. You cannot contain Him within your heart.

I'm not trying to detach heart from spirituality, that would be ludicrous and also unbiblical. Just don't picture salvation as being the time that you finally allowed Jesus into your heart. That is a picture the Bible does not paint.