The True Condition of Our Spiritual Hearts

We are often ignorant of the true condition of our spiritual hearts because

we live primarily through our minds and intellect. We insist on living

according to what we have read and our own convictions, imagining that

this is true freedom. In reality, however, this can become a false freedom,

like the freedom the prodigal son sought when he went astray.

This distances us even more from the image of the Lamb, from our Saviour.

How greatly we need to pay attention to the condition of our hearts, for the

heart is the source of our thoughts. Christ warns us that ‘it is from within,

out of a person's heart, that evil thoughts come’ (Mark 7:21).

The Virgin Mary, the Theotokos, became like a lamb because she received

the Lamb, the Word of God, who became incarnate in her womb. We, too,

are invited to receive the Word, the Logos—the Word of God written within

us—and allow it to dwell in us. We are called to submit to the Word of God

and obey its work within us, so that it may transform us into the image of

the Lamb.

That is why David declared, ‘I have hidden your word in my heart that I

might not sin against you’ (Psalm 119:11). Likewise, it is written, ‘Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom’ (Colossians 3:16).

An Elder's quote.