"And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts..." (1 Chronicles 28:9)
"Then they prayed, 'Lord, you know everyone's heart...' " (Acts 1:24).
We cannot go anywhere that God is not. We cannot hide from Him physically or mentally. He knows our deepest thoughts. This means that He knows the depth of our sin. Just because I have never done "so and so" does not mean that I haven't thought about doing "so and so." That is sin: "But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment" (Matthew 5:22), and "But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Matthew 5:28). Our God is so awesome and huge that he knows all things. This is why we must make it a habit of refining our thought lives. God knows our motives. We must live knowing that we have an ever-present accountability. I do not mean to paint a picture of God as waiting with a whip for us to "mess up." He is way better than that. But I do want to recognize that our thoughts do matter, and we should consider that God knows all of them!
I want to also mention the greatness of God knowing us so intimately. The fellowship is great between two beings who know one another well enough that one can anticipate the other's next word. However, even my best friend does not know me like the living God. Jesus knows all of our tendencies, and can sympathize with our weaknesses in our thought lives. Knowing that God knows all of my thoughts helps me to understand the never-ending fellowship that I have with Him. We always have access to Him because of Christ. God is so awesome that we can pray to Him without speaking a word. O how joyful it is to know that the One who knows us better than ourselves loves us beyond comprehension.
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