{"id":838,"date":"2011-09-05T11:25:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T15:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bottlerockettheology.com\/?p=838"},"modified":"2011-09-05T11:25:56","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T15:25:56","slug":"where-is-my-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/?p=838","title":{"rendered":"Your lips are moving but your heart is not …"},"content":{"rendered":"
Where is my heart?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

As I study my Bible, worship, serve, cultivate relationships with the people around me …<\/p>\n

Where is my heart?<\/p>\n

Near to God or far from God? \u00a0It’s a good question for me to ask myself. \u00a0And a good question for you also in case you wondered.<\/p>\n

Because …<\/strong>
\nBecause we can mistake a type of nearness to God with heart-to-heart intimacy. \u00a0That being, our hearts intimate with God’s heart. \u00a0Now that is such a cool and powerful concept in itself that we can share this amazing intimacy with our Creator and Redeemer, but I will try to stay the course. \u00a0But now as I think about it as I think and type at the same time, it is part of this track that I’ve taken this morning.<\/p>\n

Let’s look at our Bible study.<\/strong>
\nThe intellectual stimulus of studying the words of God is very powerful. \u00a0So powerful, in fact, to make us believe that we are near to God. \u00a0And we are near, as in so close yet so far away.<\/strong> \u00a0We are right there but our heart is still distant, still refusing to bow before God’s throne, or as Isaiah simply puts it “far from me [God].” \u00a0The land of religion and the land of rebellion can be one and the same. \u00a0Often, if not usually, in fact.<\/p>\n

And you say, “Not so.” \u00a0But let’s listen to Isaiah for a moment. \u00a0God’s speaker, his prophet, his mouthpiece says this.<\/p>\n