'Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.'
[Proverbs 4:23]
Alright, I'm getting to the bottom of this. Everyone always thinks that this verse means you should protect your heart in regards to others breaking it and whatnot. Don't let yourself get hurt, basically. But that's not the only thing it means. If you continue after this verse, you will read this:
'Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not swerve to the right or the left, keep your foot from evil.'
[Proverbs 4:24-27]
I believe these verses are telling you to guard your heart from sin. 'Do not swerve to the right or the left, keep your foot from evil.' Stay on the straight and narrow. Don't turn away. Don't let your guard down.
After all, God lives in our heart.
Do we want the dwelling place of God to be in shambles?
Our heart is where He does His work on us.
Do we want all of His hard work to be diminished?
Our heart represents our nature, our character.
Do we want to be turned into characters of sin?
However, I think it does have to do with love as well. I mean, you don't give your heart to just anyone, right? You give it to the one you love. So you should guard your heart in that regard. However, as Christians we give our hearts to God, because it is Him whom we love. So when we have done this, when we have accepted Christ as our Savior, and when we are found to be walking with the Spirit, we can say that we are guarding our hearts. We are guarding them because we have died to sin and are thus protecting them from the enemy and being tainted by the outside world.
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