You know the hearts of the sons on men

“Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)” - 2 Chronicles 6v30

In the midst of praising God for the physical work of building the temple Solomon drew his thoughts back to what was really important, what was going on in the hearts of the people. He makes a very profound statement here, only God knows the heart of men.

We already know that what is in the heart will be reflected in the lives of men. The source of man’s behaviour clearly is the heart. However, if we are not careful we can look at a person and take it on ourselves to judge a man’s heart.

We can look at two men, one who looks and acts “right” and another who still has some rough edges. Our first response may be look with favour on the one and with disfavour on the other.

However, we can’t see the heart. It is quite possible that our judgement might even be totally backwards. Only God knows the heart, let us love, pray for, and encourage all men and trust God to deal with their hearts.