What does it mean to write God’s word on your heart?

We delight in doing God’s commandments. It means that, when we read God’s word, including His commandments, the inclination to do them is engraved or inscribed in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.

The living power of His word is activated as we are filled with the Spirit and walking in Him and in His will and purpose for our lives. Our conscience is awakened to His presence and guided by His influence; by His mighty hand and His still small voice.

God’s word, written on our hearts, like an inner light, illuminates the path  before us. His word is a lamp to our feet and a light upon our path. This is the path of righteousness.

His word, written on our hearts, gives us the wisdom to faithfully obey His commands, his truths, His precepts and instructions. All of this is provided by the Living God, to help, comfort, teach and counsel those who seek Him and His kingdom and righteousness.


‭2 Corinthians 3:2-3 NLT‬
[2] The only letter of recommendation we need is you yourselves. Your lives are a letter written in our hearts; everyone can read it and recognize our good work among you. [3] Clearly, you are a letter from Christ showing the result of our ministry among you. This “letter” is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts.


https://bible.com/bible/116/2co.3.2-3.NLT

‭Jeremiah 31:31-33 NLT‬
[31] “The day is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. [32] This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the Lord. [33] “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 

https://bible.com/bible/116/jer.31.31-33.NLT

‭Hebrews 8:6-13 NLT‬
[6] But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises. [7] If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it. [8] But when God found fault with the people, he said: “The day is coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. [9] This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and led them out of the land of Egypt. They did not remain faithful to my covenant, so I turned my back on them, says the Lord. [10] But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. [11] And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already. [12] And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.” [13] When God speaks of a “new” covenant, it means he has made the first one obsolete. It is now out of date and will soon disappear.

https://bible.com/bible/116/heb.8.6-13.NLT