speaking The Truth In Your Heart
LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall
dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly,
and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart (Psalm 15:1-2).
If you’re going to walk in the glory of God and
have His grace and power manifested in your
life, the Word says you must walk uprightly, work
righteousness, and speak the truth in your heart. Now,
what does it mean to speak the truth in your heart?
This is where a lot of people miss it. They don’t have a
problem walking uprightly; they don’t have a problem
working righteousness, that is, doing right, but then
they have a problem with “speaking the truth in their heart.”
Notice that the psalmist didn’t say, “He that…
speaketh the truth to his neighbor”; no! I‘m aware
that a few translations render it in a way that seems
to suggest that it should read “speaking the truth to
someone else,” but when you study it from the original
Hebrew rendering, you’ll observe it has nothing to do
with talking with somebody else. The Amplified Version
renders it clearly: “He who walks with integrity and
strength of character, and works righteousness, And
speaks and holds truth in his heart.”
Did you notice that? It’s dealing with speaking
and holding the truth in your heart, and what does that
mean? It means meditation: speaking and thinking the
truth in your own heart. That’s meditating on God’s
Word. If you’re going to walk in the glory and anointing
of the Spirit; if you’re going to see the power of God
manifested in your spirit and in your life, you have to
speak the Word. You have to give vent and expression
to the Word. The Word of God in your mouth is God
talking; it’s a prevailing force that can’t be stopped.
1 Timothy 4:15 says to meditate and give
yourself wholly to the Word; hold the truth of God’s
Word in your heart; don’t let it go. Refuse to be
swayed by circumstances, and your success, victory,
progress and prosperity will be inevitably evident, and unstoppable.
Prayer
Dear Father, thank you for your Word is in my heart and in my
mouth. As I meditate and give it voice, I experience progress,
promotion, expansion, and spreading on every side. I’m on
an upward and forward journey only. Your glory, grace, and
power are manifested in my life and in all I do, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further study:
1 timothy 4:15 NKJV; Joshua 1:8
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
James 4:13-5:1-20
ezekiel 24-26
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
2 John
daniel 7-8