God Knows the Heart

Proverbs 21:2

“All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart.”

Throughout Jesus’ ministry he spoke of the heart.  If a person gave but did not give with a glad heart, then they just as well had never given.  If a person did not sin outwardly but sinned in their heart, then, in God’s eyes, they had sinned.  If a person professed faith, but faith was not in their heart, then they did not have faith.

We can say the “right” things.  We can do the “right” things.  But if our hearts are not right nothing is right.

People see the outward appearance.

God knows the heart.

May the love of Christ be with you,

Rev. Eric Lanier (Retired)