The Heart Of Man

Proverbs 14:10  

"The heart knoweth his own bitterness;

and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy." 

   The bitterness of his soul, the distress of his conscience, the anguish of his mind; for the heart of man only knows the whole of it. Some of it may be known to others by his looks, his words, and gestures, but not all of it, "But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God," (1 Cor. 2:10).  Bitterness of soul often arises from outward troubles, pains, and diseases of body, losses, crosses, and disappointments. Sometimes it is upon spiritual accounts; but this is not the case of every heart. The hardened and hardhearted sinner feels nothing of it, only those who are awakened and convinced by the Spirit of God, to these, sin is a bitter thing in itself. It puts the want of repentance in them, it brings trembling and astonishment on them, fills them with shame and confusion of face, and severe reflections upon themselves seeing sin in its own colors. 

   Spiritual joy, passes the understanding of a natural man; he has no true idea of it: spiritual joy is what a sensible sinner partakes of upon the Gospel, the joyful sound of salvation, reaching his ears and his heart, at the revelation of Christ in him and to him. When pardoning grace is made to his soul, and he has the complete righteousness of Christ, then he is favored with a sight of the fullness of grace in Christ, and of the spiritual and eternal salvation that Christ has wrought out for him. He enjoys communion with God, and when he has a glimpse of eternal glory, and with the work of grace in his heart and well grounded hope, meekness and spiritual joy, that no stranger can interrupt nor take it away.      
Amen!

Reading: Devotional Scripture
Ref: HG SB

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry