The Truth About Your Heart!

We read, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9). This language cuts against everything we have been taught about following our hearts. But Jeremiah is not condemning you. He is preparing you to receive healing by naming what is actually broken. The heart here refers to your emotions, desires, motivations, and reasoning. And the truth is, those places can mislead you. We often talk about following your heart as though it is an excellent guide. But Scripture does not treat the heart that way. It acknowledges that the heart can be bent, self-protective, and remarkably skilled at justifying what feels right in the moment.

~Dr. Robert L. Taylor, Th.D., Bible Expositor & Teacher