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What is the posture of your heart? Do you have heart disease? Could it be the root of a spiritual condition? Can we agree that out of the heart, the mouth speaks? The mouth is the spokesperson of the heart. The heart is a container that reflects who you are. Your physical heart disease can often be a reflection of your spiritual heart.
First, we ask questions to provoke your engagement to think about who you are as a person. The heart is a complex organ. Scientifically, its physical condition can be linked to spiritual condition. Apostle Luke wrote, “ The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks (Luke 6:45 NIV).”
Your Position in Life
You have several roles to play in life. By example, you are a husband, wife, child, co-worker, friend, student, manager, or a CEO. In these roles, you have natural power or human power. These roles are opportunities to show the posture of your heart.
Second, another way to view the posture of the heart is the heart is the extension of your mindset. How do you describe your mindset? Focus on what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and admirable. Do you think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise (Philippians 4:8).
The Posture of a True Servant
Posture of the heart determines the well-being of the servant leadership. What does that mean? All of us can feel the weight of life. None of us are immune from troubles. However, a troubled spirit is the state of inner turmoil. It affects emotional, physical, and spiritual wellness. There are many examples that we can reflect upon. For example, the experience of King Saul (1 Samuel 16:14) is one of a troubling spirit of depression, fear and evil. Jesus, for example, spoke of a troubling spirit of betrayal (John 13:21); one of you, he said, is going to betray me. So, what can we learn from these situations? We can learn best how to handle the ordeal as a servant leader.
Grace Under Fire
Grace is an unmerited favor. It is the extension of benevolence even though the individual is unworthy. Daily, every individual receives Godly grace while on this earth. Grace stems from Godly love. It is the humility of leadership that fosters compassion, kindness, peace, fairness, and self-control, especially when one is under “fire.” Without love, it cannot be accomplished. “Love is the strongest force the world possesses,” Mahatma Gandi.”
It is impossible to empathize with another person unless true love exists in the heart.
Check Your Heart Posture – Mental Health
Every person needs a check-up. What will your check-up show?
- Seeds of peace or seeds of confusion
- Seeds of a peacemaker or seeds of a peace-breaker
- Seeds of softness or seeds of hardness to forward the chaos
Will the mouth speak His words that…
- Foster relationships for diffusing chaos or promoting tensions to prove your viewpoint
- Silence the peace-breaker and disquiet confusion
- Are obedient to the Spirit; for the Spirit honors the Father
- Are encouragement of joy and unity or conflict
- Healing or unforgiveness
Finally, will you leave a legacy today that builds up the depressed, the unfortunate or the forgotten? Will your steps of faith continue to foster growth another generation as Luke said? The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart. The evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. Your choice.
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