“Looking To Him To Maintain a Humble Heart”

as I look to you
 
 
by Dona Hake
 
 
 
 
Yesterday I shared with you that our words and meditations of our hearts need to be totally acceptable in the eyes of the Lord.  Sometimes the eyes of our heart and mind are thinking about things that are nothing more than distractions or things we have no business thinking about.  As I work with smaller children I often observe how they mind way too much what another child has.    They tend to overthink some things, and it most always gets them into trouble.   My daddy used to say…”Mind your own plate!”   It would happen when I would think my sister might be getting a bit more a my favorite than I was getting!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Have you ever found yourself thinking about something that was not your business thinking about, and the Holy Spirit gently tugged your heart? Sometimes we are simply minding others business or their affairs, and we do not even realize how much it is consuming our minds. The older I get the more I realize how important, and liberating it is to just pray if I see something that troubles my heart. If the Lord desires to make it my business, He will kindly speak to me by His Holy Spirit. He always instructs us in the way that we are supposed to walk, not the way we think we should walk. Many times we may be trying to walk  in a place that we have no business. An excellent scripture I would like to share with you on this matter comes from the Psalms.  Here are two different translations…
 
 
 
 
 
Psalm 131:1 (ESV)
“O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me.”
 
 
 

Psalm 131:1 (GW)

“O Lord, my heart is not conceited.
My eyes do not look down on others.
I am not involved in things too big or too difficult for me.”
 
 
 
 
 
I believe as we understand this scripture that it will cause us to guard our heart against the pride of thinking we have all the answers. It will also remind us to be thinking about only that which we are supposed to be thinking. Let us not look down on others when we see faults and weaknesses. May we rather try to help them with a kind word of wisdom and our prayers. If the Lord sees that you are to be put in the path to help an individual, believe me, He is well able to arrange that! Next time you may feel that someone else’s business is preoccupying your mind too much , just maybe your loving Heavenly Father is gently but firmly tapping the “plate” of your life saying, “Mind your own plate!”
 
 
 
 
 
Lord we thank you that as we keep our eyes on that which is Your will we will do and say that which is acceptable to You.    We ask that You would work by Your Holy Spirit to keep our hearts humble in Your sight all the days of our life!