WHEN YOUR CHILD WALKS AWAY
CHAPTER THREE
Biblical Cardiology — The Heart of the Matter The Bible describes the heart as the control center of a human life. It is made up of three things: what we feel, what we think, and what we choose — emotions, mind, and will. Call it biblical cardiology. The control center Every decision you have ever made came out of that control room. What you felt about it. What you thought about it. What you finally chose. We have watched that play out in our children since they were toddlers. We are still watching it now. A heart submitted to Christ A believer who is walking with the Lord is learning, slowly, to say, “Not my will, but yours be done.” Their emotions are being shaped by trust, not tossed by circumstance. Even in suffering, they reach for joy because they are trusting God. They overcome fear because perfect love casts out fear. They are bringing every thought captive to the mind of Christ. Emotions, mind, and will — under the lordship of Jesus. “We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” — 2 Corinthians 10:5 A heart not submitted to Christ A son or daughter who has walked away is no longer operating that way. The control center is no longer under the submission of God. Emotions become the final authority — what feels true is true. The mind drifts toward whatever confirms what they already want. The will reaches for what it wants and calls that freedom. This is why the decisions look so confusing from the outside. This is why destructive patterns show up in their relationships, their work, their bodies, their families. It is not that your child has become unintelligent. It is that the steering wheel of their inner person is being turned by something other than Christ.
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