[23] Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. ~ Proverbs 4:23
So, there’s no secret I like movies and tv shows, and there’s also no secret that I see the bible in almost everything (if not everything) I watch. Now, one that I genuinely really enjoy is The Hobbit trilogy. Within The Hobbit is a main character named Thorin Oakenshield. Throughout the movies, Thorin is on a quest to return to and reclaim the Lonely Mountain, the home of his fathers.
Now, throughout the movies Thorin is loyal, honorable, and brave. BUT he is also angry, prideful, and worst of all unforgiving. He is haunted and bound by the pain and wrong doings of the past. Now, even though he faces obstacle after obstacle and is captured time after time, Thorin is able to fulfill his quest and reclaim the home of his fathers. Here’s the thing though, the sins of his fathers takes hold of him and ultimately proves to not only be his downfall but his complete and utter demise.
See, his grandfather lost the kingdom because of his love of gold and when Thorin inherited that same gold, he also inherited that same spirit of Mammon. This one fatal flaw of the love of money caused him to lose those three good traits he had previously. Why? Because when we try to focus all of our energy on the past, the past and all of its woes will consume us. Just as Thorin did, you’ll find yourself succumbing to generational curses that should have been broken, and your faint bit of light will found to be dwindling in the darkness as it consumes you.
What should have been a happy and victorious ending with great rejoicing turned to be a sad and disappointing end because one man refused to look forward allowing pride, anger, and unforgiveness consume him.
Our heart controls our actions. It’s the source of all we say and do. What is your heart full of? What It’s full of and what is focus is will be what your destiny is.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Check Your Heart’s Abundance.