When you stand in two yards, you must never forget where to ground yourself……..

 

This word was on my heart as I drove across town several days ago and it has been hard for me to put it into words.

 

One of my friends calls “standing in two yards” duplicity.

 

But I think a more common use of the term would be:

 

Two Faced.

 

Being Two Faced is not what any of us wants to be called….and yet, it is probably inevitable—and that is why I wanted to address it.

 

The Bible makes it clear that we are aliens……and when I first read it I wondered why it would say that…….

 

I think that Jeremiah sums it up the best:

 

 

Jeremiah 17  9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure.  Who can understand it?

How can this be?  I have often felt that the term:  Follow Your Heart….. was a great way to express to someone to pursue their passions and live out their dreams….

 

But the reality is that we must be keenly aware that our hearts can mislead us.  They can lead us into situations and places where we are sure to find pitfalls and traps…..

I am constantly asking Jesus to come into my heart that I might not be lead by my emotions or my selfish desires or my ingrained opinions (of which I have many)……

 

And I encourage you this day to do the same.

 

Step away from your political views and PRAY.

Step away from your cultural background and PRAY.

Step away from the way you “always do it” or the way your family always did it and PRAY.

 

We do not go and get delivered and saved by Jesus so that we can be the same……..We go and meet Him so we can be transformed into the people that He has called us to be.

 

And sometimes He does that INSTANTLY…..and sometimes He does it as we walk out our lives in humble submission to Him.

 

In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J