Why You Should Not Listen To Your Heart
"Follow your heart" or "listen to your heart" are two common motivational phrases in the Western world. It's the belief that your heart can't be steered wrong; or that your heart is like a true north inside of you; incorruptible and true... but what could be further from the truth? Read on to find out why you should not listen to your heart. 
Why You Should Not Listen To Your Heart
"Listen to your heart" is never found in God's Word...
'Follow your heart' will never be found in any Bible translation because the God of the Bible knows our hearts and knows the contents of our characters.See more: 10 Things the Bible Never Says- Common Bible MisquotesAs our Creator and Friend, He sees that we need saving from ourselves and that our hearts aren't going to be our Savior.[bctt tweet="As our Creator and Friend, God sees that we need saving from ourselves and that our hearts aren't going to be our Savior. Read more: Why You Shouldn't Follow Your Heart" username="christcentermom"]
Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.Proverbs 3:5
On hearing this, Jesus told them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."Mark 2:17
The worst counsel vs. the best counsel
Who or where do you get your counsel from?See also: How to Hear God's Voice Today- 6 Practical Tips
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?Jeremiah 17:9
As Christians, we should seek advice from God's Word, from our prayer life with God the Father, and solid Christian friends. Seek advice from your Christian friends! Don't be a lone wolf, because that's not how Christians are supposed to live. When you're in a sticky situation, go ask the people in your life that you trust so they can help you see this issue through the lens of a Biblical worldview.
"Where there is no guidance the people fall, But in abundance of counselors there is victory."Proverbs 11:14
Your Heart is a Liar
Your heart will always tell you lies, it will always tell you to seek after your own sin and not to lean on God's word.As a Christian, you will always have an internal battle between your evil heart and the Holy Spirit that lives within you.
"For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness."-Jesus (Mark 7:21-22)
Your heart makes a lousy guide and a lousy god. It will always lead you towards selfishness, pain, sin, and death. Don't follow your heart; follow Jesus.
"Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe."Proverbs 28:26
Don't let your wild heart be your shepherd, let Jesus be your shepherd.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."John 14:6
Your heart isn't a harmless lamb, it is a wolf. Constantly deceiving you and tricking you into thinking that sin isn't a big deal.See also: 9 Lies Satan Whispers To You About Your MotherhoodThose who listen to their hearts primarily cannot be listening to Jesus primarily. Take your worries, your thoughts, your doubts, your deepest desires to the altar and lay them down for Christ. Pray through your wants and He will help you determine which line up with His will and which are not of God.
What are your thoughts on why you should not listen to your heart?
What would you say to someone who says that they listen to their heart?
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