Within each of our hearts lies a throne, yet the crucial question remains: who or what occupies that throne? For whatever reigns upon that throne has control over your thoughts and actions. Therefore, it is not merely your will that dictates your deeds. Even Paul reflects on this internal struggle in Romans 7:21-24 “So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being, I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?”

Paul was expressing his desire to do good, but he acknowledged that something else was sitting on the throne of his heart, dominating his thoughts and actions.