Heart is where the human is

Jesus said that the Kingdom of God is like a mustard seed that grows into a tree. What does this mean? In essence it means that there is a great discrepancy between who you are now and who you will be when the "kingdom" grows to maturity. In matters of human behavior we are not yet the person we were created to be. Simply put; we are not our true selves. The person we are from day to day is a persona built to survive the rigors of a world that is out of line with God's wisdom. We must survive parents who are imperfect or outright evil; the pain inflicted by their sin and imperfection; and the fruit of our own sin which is largly a reaction to our own pain. (It's a mess ain't it!) It seems simplistic but we are what we have to be to survive. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH GOD'S MERCY IS PRESENT EVEN IN OUR SIN MANIFESTATIONS AND COPING MECHANISMS. We survive while the Holy Spirit is bringing us to Christ. In Psalm 139:8 David said "If I make my bed in Hell (sheol) your presence (God) is there with me. This cycle of sin and coping is what we are born into. The absence of the Holy Spirit means our genes are the suggestive "voice" of our behaviour. The bible calls this the "flesh". We are genetically wired toward patterns otherwise known as sin. The x-factor is the voice of God via the Holy Spirit. The bottom line: the condition of our heart is the dominate factor in where our humanity is and therefore who we are presently. Proverbs 4:23 perhaps summarizes volumes and volumes of psychology. It says that the heart is the center of life. Wow! Scripture that is thousands of years old once again astounding in its relevance.