Letting the Will Be the Master of the Heart

By A. W. Tozer
 

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things
which are above, where Christ sitteth on the
right hand of God.                    -- Colossians 3:1

Because the will is master of the heart, it is important
to realize that the root of all evil in human nature is the
corruption of the will!

The thoughts and intents of the heart are wrong and
as a consequence the whole life is wrong. Repentance
is primarily a change of moral purpose, a sudden and
often violent reversal of the soul's direction.

The prodigal son took his first step upward from the
pigsty when he said, "I will arise and go to my father."
As he had once willed to leave his father's house,
now he willed to return.

To love God with all our heart we must first of all will
to do so. We should repent our lack of love and
determine from this moment on to make God the object
of our devotion. We should read the Scriptures
devotionally and set our affections on things above and
aim our hearts toward Christ and heavenly things!

If we do these things we may be sure that we shall
experience a wonderful change in our whole inward life.
Our emotions will become disciplined and directed. We
shall begin to taste the "piercing sweetness" of the love
of Christ. The whole life, like a delicate instrument, will
be tuned to sing the praises of Him who loved us and
washed us from our sins in His own blood!

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Yours in Christ,
Paul N. F