DILIGENCE

Keep your heart with all diligence,

For out of it spring the issues of life.


The word diligence is define as:
1. Earnest and persistent application to an undertaking; steady effort;
2. Attentive care; heedfulness.

We must be consistent about keeping our hearts (and in the Bible, the word “heart” usually means our souls… that which makes us what we are—our “selves”) under God’s control and guidance. We do that by constantly praying and seeking God’s guidance before each move we make. He says that “out of it (our hearts/selves) spring the issues of life.

If our “hearts” are centered on God and His ways, then what springs out of our lives are fruits of the Spirit: gentleness, kindness, love, joy, peace, faithfulness, goodness, patience, and self-control, these “issues” are the ones we want.