![]() ![]() If our hearts are sick, most likely our body, mind or emotions are sick, too. “Sick” in Hebrew means: to be weak, sick or afflicted to be grieved. The word “heart” in Hebrew means: the feelings, will and intellect. Look again at God’s truth in Proverbs 13:12.īecause we put a false god in front of the God of Heaven, we make our own hearts sick and we don’t even know it. Come to find out I was serving false gods and had become just like them. Have you ever wondered why you feel numb inside? I have. Of course it’s right and good to respect our parents and others around us, but we mustn’t let them take God’s place in our heart. Are we trying to please a parent more than we’re trying to please God? Have we sold out to our job, a company or a boss instead of working for the Lord? Who (or what) has first place in our heart?ĥ They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:Ħ They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:ħ They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.Ĩ They that make them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth in them.ĩ O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield. Who rules the hope in your heart? What desire motivates you? Our hope can even be “brought down” by deferring our respect to a parent, a spouse or even our children. Wow, we must be very careful not to let our hope in God be deferred to someone else–a president, a boss, or king. Its 2nd definition in Webster’s dictionary says, “to bring down, delegate to another, to submit to another’s wishes, opinion or governance usually through deference or respect.” But what happens if our hope is misplaced? Hope Deferred There are so many places in the Bible where God instructs His people to trust him and to wait upon Him. Let’s look at the word “hope.” In Hebrew, it means: expectation, trust, to wait. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. Let’s break it down so we can really understand and let it reach our very hearts. This passage is another way of stating what Jesus called the first and great commandment of God–to love the Lord God with all your heart, soul and mind and to love your neighbor as yourself. Proverbs 13:12 is a Bible verse written by the wise King Solomon who was instructed by God and inspired by the Holy Spirit.
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