Daily Devotional
The Heart is Still Crooked

September 15, 2025

Ponder This

You and I have a heart problem. I'm not talking about a physical ailment. This is an ailment that resists all medication. All the spiritual exercise and all the spiritual diet in the world will not cure the disease of our hearts.

The heart is sick; it resists meditation.

Many people don't understand that their problem is their hearts, and they're trying to medicate their hearts, when they really need heart transplants. They are trying somehow to cure the problem of sin. But sin is on the inside. Even if you reform on the outside, you've not dealt with the problem of the heart. The heart of the human problem is the problem of the human heart.

I've been to a sawmill from time to time, and watched them put the logs on the cradle, and lop off the edges. They'll take a big log out of the woods that has bumps and knots on it. It may be a little crooked, but they lay it on the cradle, and run it through until it looks straight. On the outside, it's perfectly square, and if you stand and look down it, it's perfectly straight. But if you look at the end of it, the heart is still crooked. That's the way it is with some individuals. Many individuals have tried to reform outwardly. Reformation is not enough. You need regeneration.

• What are some ways you have seen that the heart is wicked? What are some ways you have seen that your heart is wicked?
• What are some ways God has healed your heart? What are some areas in your heart that still need transformation and healing?

Practice This

Pray and open yourself up to God, asking Him to reveal where you still need healing and transformation in your heart.