Condition: Heart Trouble

Having a trembling heart is part of the CURSE for breaking the Law.  Christ has redeemed us from this curse:

Deuteronomy 28:65:
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

Heart trouble was a judgment against Nabal the fool:

1 Samuel 25:37-38:
But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.

In Christ, you do not deserve judgment, including heart trouble.

While you can’t absolutely prove that the following verse refers to a physical heart condition, the fact that it mentions your flesh would tip it in that direction.  You should trust God to be the strength of your heart.

Psalm 73:26:
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

Sin (from which Christ redeemed us) was the cause of having a faint heart as well as dim eyes:

Lamentations 5:16-17:
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

Now that you have freed from sin, you should not have a faint heart.

Job had heart trouble, but the Bible is clear that his problem came from the devil, not God, even though Job mistakenly attributed his problems to God.

Job 23:16:
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

Under the New Covenant, we have authority over the devil and his works in our lives.  We do not have to have heart trouble.

The Psalmist’s heart was “smitten” (Psalm 102:4) because of God’s wrath and indignation (Psalm 102:10).  But Jesus appeased God’s wrath as far as believers are concerned.  You as a believer are not appointed to wrath (1 Thessalonians 5:9).

The biggest reason why you don’t have to have heart trouble is that Jesus was made sick with heart trouble in your place on the cross.  David, prophetically looking forward to this event, declared the following:

Psalm 22:14:
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

Heart trouble was part of the judgment for sin, but Jesus bore that judgment for you when He was “made sick” (see Isaiah 53:10) for you.