One definition of “cesspool is: “a place of filth or immorality.” Jesus said, “From within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, [t]hefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blaspheme, pride, foolishness; All these things come from within..” (Mark 7). Thirteen defiling sins, and not one comes from without; all originate in our hearts.
We love to blame people and things for our sin, but the problem is our heart. As someone has so apply said, “At the heart of every problem is the heart.” True, many times, individuals and situations are involved in our sin. But they are not the cause. The cause, says our Lord, lies wholly within us. People and things are only “stir-sticks” that stir up what is already lying dormant in our hearts.
Our hearts are cesspools. They are desperately wicked, and a deceiver lives within. We have blamed everything and everyone for our sins—from the devil, to TV, to our children’s friends, to magazines, to billboards. But they are not the culprits. It’s the person we see in the mirror every morning.
Until you see your heart and your true self, you’ll never appreciate the holiness of God.
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