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Heart Trouble! By Professor Verna Wright FRCP The rather nervous, middle-aged
lady sat down on the opposite side of the consulting desk. "Well,
what's the matter?" I asked. Hurriedly she burst out.
"It's my heart, doctor, I've had it all my life!" I barley
suppressed a smile and refrained from telling her that it was just as well! Later that
evening I began to think about the unconsciously humorous statement of the
patient. There was a lot in it - but not in quite the way she'd
meant. When I reflected on the situation in the world the wars, the
greed, the lust, the lies, the selfishness - so much of the world's problems
did seem to stem from the human heart. It really seemed that the
problem of the heart was the heart of the problem. God has given
us an inner view of the heart. He has said that our hearts are
"desperately wicked." Our reaction is to retort, "that
is certainly true of people in prison, but hardly of us." Yet a
moments reflection reveals that it is more accurate than we had thought. Jesus
taught that we didn't have to kill to be guilty of murder; the day we hated
someone, in God's record book the entry was - MURDER, (Matthew 5:22) We
need to learn that "God looks not on the outward appearance but on the
heart." (1 Samuel 16;7) I have often been asked, "Why can't I
see God?" The Bible says "blessed are the pure in heart, for
they shall see God," Our hearts are not clean. Do you want a clean heart? It is a wonderful
possibility. the condition on which we come to Jesus Christ to
appropriate His pardon is that with real humility we acknowledge our guilt as
a sinner before God and accept His death on the cross at |
Professor Verna Wright |
