- Proverbs 28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
- Jeremiah 29:8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream…
The world says follow your heart, pursue your dreams. God says, ‘The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?’ (Jer. 17:9).
As a young man who did not know Christ, I had dreams. Lots of them. ‘Chase them,’ the world said. Validate yourself. Make your life mean something. Follow your heart and you will never fail. God says only a fool would say such things (Prov. 28:26).
When I met Christ, those dreams died along with my old nature. ‘Deny yourself. Take up your cross and follow Me’ implies that to gain Christ we must lose our dreams. In Him the dream is new, and so is the heart. I no longer dream of myself. I dream of him. Dream of the world and you might just get it, and lose your soul. That’s foolish. Dream of Him and get the world thrown in, and all other things added. Stop dreaming about yourself, stop trusting your heart. Guard it, guard your heart under Christ’s care, and the wellsprings of life will flow. That’s a dream worth dreaming.
- Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
