#2: “God Knows Our Hearts”

INTRO:
Proverbs 4:23 is the theme verse for this series:
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring
of life.” That’s the New International Version. The English Standard
Version has it: “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it
flow the springs of life.”
Last week I talked to you about what the biblical heart is, and
three reasons God wants us to make guarding our heart a priority.
The biblical heart is who we really are. Rather than the organ in the
upper left side of our chest, it is the seat of and the function of reason,
including everything we ascribe to the brain: power of perception,
reason, understanding, insight, consciousness, memory, knowledge,
reflection, judgment, and discernment. So, God wants us to make the
guarding of our heart a priority because:
1. It’s the most important, most valuable thing you have;
2. God wants us to give it to Him; and
3. Satan wants it.
It seems to me that if we’re going to guard our hearts, it would
help to know that God knows our hearts. So, I’d like us to take a look
at some Scripture passages that affirm that.