This principle is illustrated when the psalmist says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it” (Prov. 4:23). When we “watch over” our hearts (the home of our treasures), we guard them. We are to value our treasures so much that we keep them protected. Whatever we don’t value, we don’t guard. The security around a bank is significantly tighter than that around a junkyard! Begin a list of your “treasures”: your time, money, feelings, and beliefs. How do you want others to treat them? How do you want others not to treat them?
