Solomon in his proverbs says things we love to quote, but they are very real life things we need to ponder, process and allow to practically apply to our lives. One of the themes of the Proverbs of Solomon is around guarding our hearts, for it is the wellspring of life. It is easy to say, but hard to do, for the heart longs for things we do not even realize it is longing for.

If we view the heart like a tree, it has roots that are longing for water and it will seek a drink in places it may or may not realize it is drinking from. Therefore, if we are drinking from pollluted wells of water, because of roots we do not recognize, we will pour out water from our mouth that comes from our heart that pollutes the one that is listening. Silence is just as pollutant as speaking, for both represent how we are thinking.

Guarding our hearts is easier said than done, for another proverb says, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.” When we have been in a long season of waiting for a promise we know God spoke to us, when the Lord nudges to us to dream again, we may resist the nudging. This resistance is evidence of a heart that has grown sick in the waiting, in the hope that has been deferred.

But can I encourage you today, that God is not done with you, He does not speak and not fulfill what He said He would do. However, He needs us to agree with what He is doing right now. Many have been told things that have not come true yet, but when time meets promises, things happen and they happen quickly.

Friends, don’t resist what God is doing right now, because you have been waiting for so long and cynicism has crept in. Pray with David in Psalm 51, create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit in me. There is a wind blowing, a fire blazing, a love descending, a power residing, in us that wants to come through us, but we must agree with it, not resist it. Dream again, love again, serve again, forgive again, desires are being fulfilled and it is a tree of life. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org