Purposes of A Man's Heart

Proverbs 20: 5

The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

Devotional

Have you every realized that your actions have a purpose? Sometimes the purpose of our actions is to cause harm or injury to another in some sort of negative way. Also at times we may even cause harm or injury to ourselves. Some people spend years in therapy and counseling to try and understand why they behave the way they do.  A good way of examining the purpose of your actions is to check out what your motives are before you actually act on a thought.  If your actions have a hidden motive behind them, chances are that action is not pure.

For instance, if you want to call a friend and invite them to a church gathering so that they can be included in it, that is a pure action. However, if the real reason you are calling that friend is because you have not heard from them in a long while, and you are using the excuse of the church event to contact them, that is not a pure action. You have a hidden reason for the phone call. Examining your motives can be a great way to discover areas of our lives that we need to be praying about.

For instance the story about calling a friend could have everything to do with feeling rejected because they have not called you in a long while. If we understand that we are feeling rejected we can run to God in prayer and say Lord help!!!.

Ask God to help you with your understanding of yourself and others today. This is all a part of the Holy Spirits work,  that is, to reveal what  truth is in our lives and also to help us to maintain self control.