What Your Soul is Actually Searching For

A Biblical Answer to Human Restlessness

The human heart stands as one of God’s most profound creations, both in its physical and spiritual dimensions. When the ancient Hebrew’s referenced the “heart/leb” they had in mind so much more than emotional reactions. They had in mind the wellspring of volition. The seat of reasoning. It was the connection between what we thought, felt, and did.

It really is fascinating the symbolic/poetic and literal function of the heart in Biblical language. Just as God designed the physical heart to pump blood throughout our bodies, sustaining life through its rhythmic circulation, He created our spiritual hearts with an equally vital purpose: to pump love toward its proper object, God Himself. This concept was first introduced by the early church father, Augustine who suggested our hearts were a kind of love pump. Philosopher and theologian James K. Smith developed this even further painting a picture of heart as a love pump that was always intended to pour out love onto God. However, when sin e…