Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever! – Deuteronomy 5v29
I am preaching the second part of a two part message today. The topic is ‘Keep your heart with all diligence.’ I thought about that as I read this passage yesterday and my eyes fell on the words ‘oh that they had such a heart in them.’ Even here, way back in the time of the Old Testament law there was a focus on the heart being right.
Notice that the attitude of the heart precedes fearing God and keeping His commandments and that precedes things going well with them. It all goes back to a right heart.
Our heart is the real us. We can all put on a show and fake it before the world. We can trick everyone, but eventually what is in our hearts will come out and be seen. The Bible tells us that everything that comes out in our lives is from what is in our hearts.
Oh that there were such a heart in us today. Oh that our hearts would lead us to fear God and keep His commandments.
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