Imprinting The Heart

In Egypt there is a whole lot of sand and not a whole lot of trees. That's what you tend to get in a desert region like Northern Africa. However, there are plenty of trees, strong and green-leafed along the Nile River. They are not withered by the desert's perpetual oven-like conditions because the trees along the Nile daily drink deep of its waters.

King David reflected on the one "whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night" (Ps 1:2) and noted that such a "person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers" (1:3).

The consistent drawing from or meditating ong the Word of God is not just reading the words or even locking them in your head, to meditate is to reflect deeply enough on that their meaning makes the journey from your head to your heart, which will in turn alter how you live. 

Jesus put it this way, "A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of" (Lk 6:45). 

Whatever you focus on will imprint on your brain and, given enough meditation or reflection, it will imprint upon your heart and then acted upon in your life. If we are to truly be disciples of Jesus Christ, it is paramount that we daily draw from its message and reflect upon it until it is imprinted on our hearts not just pass through our minds.  Jus' Sayn.