More thinking about thinking (2) Paul Scanlon ALC 2

We have to control and manage the inner world. Parable of the weeds Matt 24. ‘All by itself’ Your heart keeps growing stuff while you’re asleep. That believing heart doesn’t sleep when your head/ brain does. ‘I slept but my heart was awake.’ The soil does its work automatically. If you go to sleep fearful/angry/restless, you’ll grow that more. The heart keeps growing whatever is in there. It’s made that way – to grow whatever you put in, ‘awake or asleep.’ Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. That’s true for everyone. That’s why some unbelievers build a better life with common sense than we do with supposed revealed wisdom. GOOD IN- GOOD OUT. Gods not choosing your input – you are. The heart is NOT a leader but a follower. It follows whatever you put in. EG it follows your treasure. It grows what you treasure. It’s not going to tell you what to sow. It’s not your heart’s job to question, ‘Are you sure we want to grow weeds?’ Above all else guard the HEART […]