“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11
The Psalmist is singing about HIDING the Word in his heart. The reason, he says, is so that he might not sin against the Lord.
You normally hide something because you’re afraid someone might steal it. There is someone that Jesus called "the thief" in the bible and that is the devil. He is the thief who is out there to steal the word that is in your heart. Jesus said “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy” John 10:10.
The Bible warns us to guard our hearts. It says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” Prov 4:23.
Using a parable of a sower, Jesus taught about the different types of people who received the word. One of the things he said when explaining the parable in Matt 13 was “the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.”
That is why we need to guard our hearts, not because of what it is but because of what is stored in it. The heart is like a warehouse. We are born with a blank heart. What we store in it is up to us. The bible teaches us to store the word in our hearts and guard it above everything else. Or else, the thief will come, steal what is in your heart, and replace it with his words and ideas.
Above all else guard your heart,
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