Held in our Hearts

“My son, attend to My words; incline thine ear unto My sayings.  Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart” (Proverbs 4:20,21).   “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven… and there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom… His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed... I kept the matter in my heart” (Daniel 7:13,14,28).  “We have heard Him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world” (John 4:42). 

How great are treasures of God’s precious Word

Which we have been given to hold in our heart! 
We ought to be guarding the things we have heard,
Determine to keep them, and never depart.

Consider the visions that Daniel recorded

Which God has preserved for our meditation,
For thereby our hearts have been likewise afforded
These marvelous views of our Lord’s exaltation! 

Behold in these vistas our great King of kings

Descending from heaven to rule on the earth! 
There’s nothing on earth that compares with such things,
In view of our Savior’s dominion and worth!

As Daniel, in his day, saw shifting opinion,

He steadied himself by his focus on God.
As we fix our hearts on Christ’s coming dominion,
Our hearts will evict lesser thoughts that are flawed.

Our hearts hold distractions competing for space,

Displacing God’s Word with the world’s confusion.
Be rid of the thoughts that are crowding out grace,
Regarding them as an unwelcome intrusion!

We’ve heard Jesus Christ in His Word testify;

We need nothing more now to set our hearts free!
Let thoughts of His glory alone occupy
His temple within us preeminently!

O Lord, since we’ve heard You ourselves and we know

That You are the Savior which prophets foretold,
As You have commanded, Lord Jesus, we go,
Declaring Your truth in our hearts that we hold.