{"id":3850,"date":"2018-06-07T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=3850"},"modified":"2019-03-14T17:28:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T22:28:26","slug":"the-way-of-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2018\/06\/07\/the-way-of-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"The Way Of The Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Written By: Michelle Hilliard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many of my friends know that I often ask, \u201chow\u2019s your heart?\u201d This isn\u2019t something one can ask a casual acquaintance, but knowing the way of the heart is key in our relationship with God and others. Love is the launching place for everything. The truest of love can only be understood through the face of our God, who is love. We have to be awakened before we encounter and experience, we must receive to give. Love is attainable, available, and accessible because He first loved us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>John\u00a0Eldredge shares in his book, <em>Waking the Dead<\/em>, \u201cThis we now know: the heart is central. It matters deeply. When we see with the eyes of the heart\u2026awakened, we discover that things are not what they seem. We are at war. We must fight for the life God intends for us, which is to say we must fight for our heart, for it is the wellspring of that life within us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jeremiah 17 says that the heart is deceitfully wicked and it\u2019s true! Unredeemed and unsurrendered, it can lead us all over the place. Yet, God creates in us a clean heart, as David prayed in Psalm 51, and He gives us a new heart (Ezekiel 36:26). To experience this, we must connect to the source. Being tethered to Jesus, truly alive in love, is freedom, unencumbered by soul trappings. Freedom is our portion, \u201cit is for freedom that Christ set us free.\u201d John 15 gives insight to us, finding our rest in the abiding place of God\u2019s love. He invites us to make ourselves at home in His love. If your heart is disconnected from its source it will not thrive. As humans, we\u2019re looking for home. Ultimately, it\u2019s not about the place you live. Home is about relationship, belonging, and safety. We desire to be with Him. It is an innate longing for home in His love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The heart is the core, the nature of who we are, our personality, and Jesus redeems all. God does not despise our humanity. He loves humanity so much He wrapped Himself in humanity. The beauty and mystery of the incarnation is overwhelming. Yet there is a concept that anything of the natural realm is unholy. This belief of dualism carried to the extreme can lead to the trap of self-hatred. God created us for His pleasure and delight. He loves us where we are no matter how far we run. Just look again at the story of the prodigal son. All that the son squandered didn\u2019t take the love of the Father away from him. Likewise, the elder son, could not fully accept the love of his father, and was always trying to earn the love that was freely given. Both sons had difficulty receiving the father\u2019s love. There was nothing they could do, good or bad, to earn or keep him from loving them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It takes God to love God. We must interact with God through faith. When there is truth that doesn\u2019t cause our heart to be awe-struck, it gives insight that we don\u2019t have revelation. The love of God should always ignite wonder in the soul. We are made to respond and though our love is small, weak, or immature at times, it is real.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most don\u2019t function well when there is a chasm between the head and heart. The Hebraic understanding is that the head and heart are connected. We are whole people in God, not fractured, not secular verses sacred. In fact, one of the names of God, Yahweh Shalom, means that the fragmented pieces come together in wholeness. We give our heart to God, even in pieces, and He heals, binds up, and loves our heart into wholeness and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The key to identity is intimacy with God \u2014 our heart awakened in the knowledge that we are loved, chosen, valued, and cherished. In this, we understand that we have purpose, destiny, a calling, and a voice to offer. Yet even beyond these truths, we are loved simply because we are His.\u00a0 The way of the heart in God is ransomed, redeemed, restored, and resurrected. The new heart He gives us, the core of who we are is made for love. We are made for communion with God. We are made to be wholehearted \u2014 fully given, fully known, and fully belonging because we are chosen in Him. He gave Himself as a ransom for us. He gave it all to have a rightful place of relationship with each of us. Our hearts find their rest, when they find their home in God\u2019s vast, unsearchable, lavish, extravagant, fully-given, freely given love. Ask yourself, \u201chow\u2019s your heart?\u201d Let the light of His love unveil this mystery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[749,16,875,1026,874],"class_list":{"0":"post-3850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-discipleship-ministries","8":"category-general","9":"tag-749","10":"tag-discipleship","11":"tag-john-eldridge","12":"tag-love","13":"tag-michelle-hilliard","14":"entry"},"title_es":"El camino del coraz\u00f3n","content_es":"<strong>Escrito por: Michelle Hilliard<\/strong> Muchos de mis amigos saben que a menudo pregunto, \"\u00bfc\u00f3mo est\u00e1 tu coraz\u00f3n?\" Esto no es algo que uno pueda preguntarle a un conocido casual, pero conocer el camino del coraz\u00f3n es clave en nuestra relaci\u00f3n con Dios y los dem\u00e1s. El amor es el lugar de lanzamiento para todo. El verdadero amor solo se puede entender a trav\u00e9s de nuestro Dios, que es amor. Debemos despertarnos antes de encontrarnos y experimentar, debemos recibir para dar. El amor es alcanzable, disponible y accesible porque \u00c9l nos am\u00f3 primero. John Eldredge comparte en su libro, <em>Waking the Dead<\/em> , \"Esto lo sabemos ahora: el coraz\u00f3n es central. Importa profundamente. Cuando vemos con los ojos del coraz\u00f3n ... despertados, descubrimos que las cosas no son lo que parecen. Estamos en guerra Debemos luchar por la vida que Dios quiere para nosotros, es decir, debemos luchar por nuestro coraz\u00f3n, porque es el manantial de esa vida dentro de nosotros \". Jerem\u00edas 17 dice que el coraz\u00f3n es enga\u00f1osamente malo y \u00a1es verdad! Sin ser redimido y no entregado, puede llevarnos a todos lados. Sin embargo, Dios crea en nosotros un coraz\u00f3n limpio, como David or\u00f3 en el Salmo 51, y nos da un coraz\u00f3n nuevo (Ezequiel 36:26). Para experimentar esto, debemos conectarnos a la fuente. Estar atado a Jes\u00fas, verdaderamente vivo en el amor, es libertad, sin trabas de atav\u00edos del alma. La libertad es nuestra porci\u00f3n, \"es por la libertad que Cristo nos hizo libres.\" Juan 15 nos da una idea, encontrando nuestro descanso en el lugar permanente del amor de Dios. \u00c9l nos invita a hacernos sentir como en casa en su amor. Si tu coraz\u00f3n est\u00e1 desconectado de su fuente, no prosperar\u00e1. Como humanos, estamos buscando un hogar. En definitiva, no se trata del lugar donde vives. El hogar se trata de relaci\u00f3n, pertenencia y seguridad. Deseamos estar con \u00e9l Es un anhelo innato de hogar en Su amor. El coraz\u00f3n es el n\u00facleo, la naturaleza de lo que somos, nuestra personalidad, y Jes\u00fas redime a todos. Dios no desprecia nuestra humanidad. \u00c9l ama tanto a la humanidad que se envolvi\u00f3 en la humanidad. La belleza y el misterio de la encarnaci\u00f3n son abrumadores. Sin embargo, hay un concepto de que cualquier cosa del reino natural no es sagrada. Esta creencia del dualismo llevada al extremo puede conducir a la trampa del auto-odio. Dios nos cre\u00f3 para su placer y deleite. \u00c9l nos ama donde estamos, sin importar lo lejos que corramos. Solo mira de nuevo la historia del hijo pr\u00f3digo. Todo lo que el hijo derroch\u00f3 no le quit\u00f3 el amor del Padre. Del mismo modo, el hijo mayor no pod\u00eda aceptar por completo el amor de su padre y siempre trataba de ganarse el amor que se le daba libremente. Ambos hijos tuvieron dificultades para recibir el amor del padre. No hab\u00eda nada que pudieran hacer, bueno o malo, para ganar o impedir que \u00e9l los amara. Dios necesita amar a Dios Debemos interactuar con Dios a trav\u00e9s de la fe. Cuando hay una verdad que no causa que nuestro coraz\u00f3n sea asombrado, da una idea de que no tenemos revelaci\u00f3n. El amor de Dios siempre debe encender la maravilla en el alma. Estamos hechos para responder y aunque nuestro amor es peque\u00f1o, d\u00e9bil o inmaduro a veces, es real. La mayor\u00eda no funciona bien cuando hay un abismo entre la cabeza y el coraz\u00f3n. El entendimiento hebraico es que la cabeza y el coraz\u00f3n est\u00e1n conectados. Somos personas enteras en Dios, no fracturadas, no hay versos seculares sagrados. De hecho, uno de los nombres de Dios, Yahweh Shalom, significa que las piezas fragmentadas se unen en totalidad. Le damos nuestro coraz\u00f3n a Dios, incluso en pedazos, y \u00c9l sana, ata y ama nuestro coraz\u00f3n en integridad y libertad. La clave de la identidad es la intimidad con Dios: nuestro coraz\u00f3n se despierta con el conocimiento de que somos amados, elegidos, valorados y apreciados. En esto, entendemos que tenemos un prop\u00f3sito, un destino, un llamamiento y una voz para ofrecer. Sin embargo, incluso m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de estas verdades, somos amados simplemente porque somos suyos. El camino del coraz\u00f3n en Dios es rescatado, redimido, restaurado y resucitado. El nuevo coraz\u00f3n que \u00c9l nos da, el n\u00facleo de lo que somos est\u00e1 hecho para el amor. Estamos hechos para la comuni\u00f3n con Dios. Estamos hechos para ser incondicionales: totalmente dados, plenamente conocidos y totalmente pertenecientes porque somos elegidos en \u00e9l. \u00c9l se dio a S\u00ed mismo como rescate por nosotros. \u00c9l dio todo para tener un lugar leg\u00edtimo de relaci\u00f3n con cada uno de nosotros. Nuestros corazones encuentran su descanso, cuando encuentran su hogar en el inmenso, inescrutable, lujoso, extravagante, totalmente dado, amor entregado de Dios. Preg\u00fantate a ti mismo, \"\u00bfc\u00f3mo est\u00e1 tu coraz\u00f3n?\" Deje que la luz de su amor revele este misterio.","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/The-Way-of-the-Heart.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-106","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}