When Your Heart Is After His….

Christianity has always been about the heart. The state of one’s heart matters more to God than any amount of effort done to please Him, for anything done not motivated by the heart is not obedience. If you’ve never thought of God as a real, living Being, start now. He makes the rules (for whatever reason), but He also fulfills them on His own for He doesn’t need our help to accomplish this. When your heart is after His heart, you can trust Him to take care of you and fulfill your needs. That’s a fact. Read today’s passage and ingrain it in your head that God cares for us, and He recognizes when our hearts are for Him. He pardons our inadequacies and shows us mercy. He is the greatest Thing we will ever pursue, and He will reward us for a wholehearted commitment to Him. Deepen your walk with Him today. Serve the God Who is.

17 Since many of the people had not purified themselves, the Levites had to slaughter their Passover lamb for them, to set them apart for the Lord. 18 Most of those who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not purified themselves. But King Hezekiah prayed for them, and they were allowed to eat the Passover meal anyway, even though this was contrary to the requirements of the Law. For Hezekiah said, “May the Lord, who is good, pardon those 19 who decide to follow the Lord, the God of their ancestors, even though they are not properly cleansed for the ceremony.” 20 And the Lord listened to Hezekiah’s prayer and healed the people. 2 Chronicles 30:17-20