To look diligently means to oversee, supervise and correct. Each day you must learn to monitor, direct, correct and oversee your heart and what goes on in there.
You can’t blame your bad attitude, resentment and unforgiveness on others, you are responsible! When somebody offends you, it is up to you whether or not you let bitterness take root.
You can’t control what other people do, but it’s the ‘’inside’’ part- the part you can control- that God holds accountable for. You get to decide whether or not irritation turns into anger, anger into resentment, and resentment into retaliation.
The reason weeds take over a garden is because the gardener doesn’t pull them up fast enough. When a garden is choked with weed you can’t say, ‘’ I don’t know how it happened’’. When you are looking diligently you will see them moving in.
When you are faced with hurtful, offensive situation, refuse to let a wrong attitude take root and produce bad fruit. Instead ask God to help you replace those destructive thoughts with mercy and forgiveness towards the people who hurt you.
Prov 4:23 ‘’ above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
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