Hebrews 10:16
“This new plan I’m making with Israel isn’t going to be written on paper, isn’t going to be chiseled in stone; This time “I’m writing out the plan in them, carving it on the lining of their hearts.”
“This is the new covenant I will make with my people on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.”
The heart was the seat of the will for the ancients. Law written on the heart ruled over the will to sin. The illustration still holds for us who know the heart as a life-giving essential organ. The law carved on our heart’s lining means every particle in our blood stream is subject to it and therefore our physical existence. Our blood feeds our mind so the law’s influence is felt there too. God’s ‘law’, or the way things really are, permeates our living. It should lead to wisdom, restraint, humility, and all other of Christ’s attributes. Does it?
Lord, you know my capacity for self-deception. Please keep me alert to the way things really are, including my relationship with you. Keep me close, full of you, serving you.