Speech shows the Health of the Heart

“A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” Luke 6:45 NIV

In a story titled “High school cross country runner receives life-changing surgery” published yesterday, it was reported that Perry Central High School Cross Country Coach Jason Barnett’s idea to have his runners wear heart rate monitors during their track workouts led to the detection of an abnormality in one of them because of a resting heart rate that was pushing up close to 80. Perry Central Junior Aden Schwartz says they got him to a doctor, and found it was much worse than they thought.“If I was out running, they said I could drop dead instantly.”After an echo-scan on his heart, Aden was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. His cardiologist along with Dr. Baha Alsoufi identified what was wrong and Aiden had open heart surgery last Tuesday. Thankfully, because of Aiden’s quick diagnosis and repair, he should be back to running soon. 

And you know, when it comes to detecting abnormalities of the heart, the Bible tells us that 

“A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” That means if a person’s heart is spiritually healthy and “full of” Christ, pleasant, admirable, wholesome, and God honoring speech will pour forth. However if a person’s heart is “full of” evil, profoundly immoral and wicked words and topics that dishonor God will come out. That means you and I can determine the state of a person’s relationship with Jesus, whether it’s good or bad, by their speech. 

So be sure to check your heart often my friend by checking your own speech. If anything wicked, immoral, or ungodly spews forth, ask the Great Physician to remove and repair any abnormalities that are damaging your heart and your relationship with Him. 

Heavenly Father, thank You for telling us how we can know that a man is good or is bad by the words that come out of their mouths. Help us to keep our hearts healthy Lord. It’s in your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen. 

Happy Running!