Tag: Bible verses about hiding God’s word in our hearts

Psalm 119:11 (NKJV) 11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.

One of the things that I have learned over the years is that we (human beings) tend to overcomplicate things.

We do this in many facets of life.

This applies to our walk with God as well.

We look past what God tells us in His word and try to do things based on our intellect and our emotions. And when we reach our wit’s end, we throw our hands up and walk away, surrendering to whatever it is that we were trying to overcome.

We tend to approach sin in our lives the same way.

When we keep caving in to temptation, we begin to believe that we are just destined to fail, and we settle for that.

We mistakenly believe that sin comes by way of external forces; temptation offered to us through others.

And while it is true that others may try to tempt us and lure us in to sin, check out what these two verses say:

James 1:14-15 (NKJV) 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

It is because of the desires within us that we fall repeatedly.

So, how do we finally overcome temptation and destroy the sin pattern in our lives?

Look at what the Psalmist said in the verse above; Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.

This takes the whole temptation and sin thing, wraps it in a tidy little package that totally destroys our thinking when it comes to our struggles with sin, and then gives us the solution:

Hide His word in our hearts and overcome the sin in our lives, once and for all. Yes, it is that simple.

Anything that we think makes it more complicated is based on our emotions and our failure to allow God to show us the truth.

You see, God’s word implanted in us defeats the enemy in our lives. His word in us is a constant reminder of His truth and His holiness.

And if we hide His word in our hearts, He is sure to bring it to mind when we are tempted, diverting our attention from the temptation, and placing it squarely on Him.

That is the best sin prevention we could ever ask for.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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