God Judges the Heart

“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? But I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives.  I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”  (Jeremiah 17:9-10)

 God judges on two levels; the action and the secret motive that leads to the action.  This was why Jesus rarely seemed to be too concerned about external behavior.  He was trying to get to the source of the problem.  Are you frustrated because you are dwelling on external issues without allowing God to change the heart?  Permit God to deal with the root (the heart) and the surface issues will take care of themselves.

Ken Barnes worked with Youth With A Mission for seventeen years, primarily involved in discipleship training and evangelism. He is the author of The Chicken Farm and Other Sacred Places, published in 2011 by YWAM Publishing, and Broken Vessels in 2021 through Kindle Direct Publishing.  He holds a Master of Science degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Curriculum and Instruction. He currently is a freelance writer.

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Ken blogs at https://kenbarnes.us/blog/