The One Year Bible - Day 88

"Don't let your heart be deceived". An interesting phrase, have you ever thought about what it means? Well our minds can be deceived by an outright lie if we choose to believe it but logic is quite good at detecting truth and untruth if we have an open mind. The heart though is so fragile since our feelings change as quickly as the day turns into night and something that would fail to deceive the mind, can deceive the heart and lead us astray. Where is your heart? As a single person, it is easy for my heart to be thinking of a wife but if this is not kept in check, my heart can lead me to do all kinds of things that are at best a waste of time and at worst can distract me from God and cause me to sin. The solution in Deuteronomy is to follow God "whole-heartedly", only then is there no danger of a divided heart pulling us away from God. We don't like such absolutes since they sound like hard work but what is harder? Following God wholeheartedly or being a slave to whatever might entice us each day?