What Is Your Relationship With God

What Is Your Relationship With God "The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value." Proverbs 10:20 It is amazing how living a successful Christian life really boils down to a few things. The foundation, of course, is our daily relationship with Christ. It ALL starts there. But so many people don't take enough time to establish this relationship. Did you know that you can read the entire 3rd chapter of the Book of James in less than 5 minutes. The point is that it doesn't take long to have this daily relationship with God. Please, take that 5 minutes today, and do it. It will at least be a start. Sin as we know is a manifestation of what is in our hearts. You don't commit the act of adultery, until is starts in your heart, moves to your head, and finally is performed by your body. Hatred is a condition of the heart. Having your heart right is the key to how you live your life, and the actions you perform day in and day out. For example when we talk about our tongue, the things we say starts in our heart, moves to our head, and is manifested in our conversation. We can never talk about taming our tongue, until we talk about taming our heart. Throughout my devotionals I try to make you realize that the key to having a pure heart is having a daily relationship with Christ. An intimate, vibrant, real relationship from which our heart and life is guided by. Understanding that what we say is born in our heart, let me encourage you today to understand the power of the things you say to other people. We can accomplish so much with our conversation, while we can also destroy so much. I believe it is critical to use our conversation to build people up. However, taming the tongue is only one of the things that God requires of us, as our daily relationship with Him will be the foundation on which we build all the rest of the values we must acquire. Start with making God first in all you do, read His Word and Pray. Robert W. Brock My Daily Devotional Volume Seven​ May 1