"My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life" (Proverbs 4:20-23).
We again are told that wisdom's value is found in the health it produces. To pay attention with our "ears" and "eyes" is to focus on life giving truth. To take truth into our "hearts" is not just about mental and emotional capacity. It is about a person's values.
Inner values lead to external actions. The phrase, "springs of life," denotes one's actions. What comes out of a person's heart, by way of actions, indicates the quality of one's inner values. If there is garbage in a person's heart then only garbage will spring forth. If there is godliness in a person's heart then only godliness with spring forth. It's as simple as that.
How is the quality of that which flows from your heart? Does purity and refreshing life flow out of your heart? It is either that or garbage. Purity and refreshment is that which leads to healing. Again we are told that wisdom leads to life while foolishness leads to death.
The key to life, therefore, is found in paying close attention to the truth of God's Word. What we allow our ears and eyes to focus on matters because the object of our focus will make its way into our hearts. And from our hearts flow springs of life. Hopefully those springs (actions) are not polluted.
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