As I talked about yesterday, when you try to copy someone else or live your life based on the way you saw someone else living, you’re stuck in a trap. God wants us to get down in our hearts, find out what He is saying to us individually, and let that drive our lives instead of following what God is directing other people to do.

Now, there’s something very important we need to remember as we follow our hearts: we must let other people follow their hearts as well. If you are in a strong place of reading the Word, don’t condemn the person going to the gym three nights a week to exercise. If you are in a season of prayer, don’t look down on the person spending time with their neighbors. We don’t know what God is directing other people to do; we should want them to follow their hearts, just as we are striving to do.

I once overheard a person saying to someone, “Well, you know you won’t ever be very strong in the ministry.” Why did that person say that to them? Who are we to judge how strong someone will be in the ministry? We are not the other person’s heart. We can only know what the Holy Ghost is saying to us personally.

Our job isn’t to compare or judge. Our job is to get busy going as hard and fast as we can with all the strength we know how, following our own hearts to the nth degree.

I’ve found in my own life that my small, simple obedience to God as I follow my heart has a triggering effect on other people that causes them to want to be obedient and follow their own hearts. Everyone isn’t doing the same thing at the same time, but every person is following what Jesus told them to do.

And you know what? Sometimes when that happens, the most amazing thing will take place. As everybody gets busy following their own hearts, they may not be doing the same thing, but all of a sudden a corporate effort begins to happen and suddenly, everybody is doing the same thing at the same time! Corporate effort comes into play.

So don’t judge people, tell them what to do, or that they aren’t spiritual enough. It’s enough trouble to take care of our own hearts rather than trying to take care of other people’s hearts. Instead, let’s encourage others to follow their hearts.