"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8

We have been looking into Scripture concerning the heart; the description of the heart of the regenerate man and, from Proverbs 4:24-27, how to guard it. Let's now see what Scripture says from heavenward.

"...For He knows the secrets of the heart." Psalm 44:21

"And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do." Hebrews 4:13 The Amplified Bible

We are always in God's presence! Each moment in everything we do, and say, and attempt, and think, and imagine is done under His eye. If we really took this to heart how different would we conduct ourselves?! Would it make a difference to the unsaved or even to those who are saved but not walking uprightly? And what change would take place in the church?

For me, the most enlightening Scripture concerning this is Psalm 139, a Psalm of King David's.

1 O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
2 Your know my sitting down and my rising up;
   You understand my thought afar off.
3 You comprehend my path and my lying down,
   And are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
   But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
5 You have hedged me behind and before,
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
   It is high, I cannot attain it.

7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?
   Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
   If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning,
   And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,
   And Your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, 'Surely the darkness shall fall on me,'
   Even the night shall be light about me;
12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You.

13 For You have formed my inward parts;
   You have covered me in my mothers womb.
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
   Marvelous are Your works,
   And that my soul knows very well.

15 My frame was not hidden from You,
   When I was made in secret,
   And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
   And in Your book they all were written,
   The days fashioned for me,
   When as yet there were none of them.

17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me O God!
   How great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
   When I awake, I am still with You."

He is The Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent Holy God Almighty!
How awesome that His love has drawn such we to Himself; that we are never out of His sight. May this be so rooted in our hearts that it changes our lives! Let's join with David in his very challenging prayer of Vs. 23-24.

23 "Search me, O God, and know my heart;
    Try me and know my anxieties;
24 And if there is any wicked way in me,
    And lead me in the way everlasting."

With a humble and grateful heart we give You, Lord God, all praise, honor and glory.  Amen