Leaky guts?

Today I wanna talk about leaky gut! I know, strange right? Do you know what it is? It's a hypothetical condition, not recognised as yet by the medical community, where they believe the intestinal barrier gets impaired, toxins get into the bloodstream and can result in bad health.  Now I don't know whether it's a real thing or not, but it served to give me a really good spiritual point.  The bible says in Proverbs 4:23 that we are to "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life."

Leaky gut can be likened to what happens to us if we don't guard or keep our hearts.  We can let in toxins that will contaminate our spiritual walk. 

The word HEART here is the Hebrew word 'LEB'.  It means the emotion centre of a person, but also extends to the mind, will and even the intellect, wisdom and understanding. In Hebrew, the 'heart' is the very centre of everything.

The 'issues' of life are anything we face.   So we have to keep, protect or guard our hears because it effects how we face everything - the crops we will harvest in our lives come from the seeds we have cultivated in the garden of our hearts. We don't want to allow toxins to pollute our hearts, so we must protect it by sowing the word, praying in the spirit, worshipping, fasting and spending time with the Lord.  

Really everything comes down to that.  The more we keep our hearts in tune with God's word, the better for us and the more of his kind of life we see flowing through and out of us.  


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