"Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life." Proverbs 4:23

Last week we looked briefly into Scripture concerning the heart. And as Proverbs 4:23 says, 'out of it spring the issues of life, with this in mind, we looked at the heart as the "seat of" many of these issues.
Let us now see what Scripture tells us of God's action on the heart--

First of all, God knows hearts; the very depths of them!:
In Psalm 44, called a Psalm of deliverance, the writer tells of past deliverances and present trouble and he says in Vs. 20-21, "If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or extended our hands to a strange god; Would not God find this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart."

God searches hearts:
In 1 Chronicles 28 King David gives a charge concerning the building of the temple, and to Solomon says, "As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts..." Vs. 9

God enlightens hearts:
"For God, who said, 'Light shall shine out of darkness,' is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ." 2 Corinthians 4:6

God opens hearts to respond to His word:
"And a certain woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul." Acts 16:14

God creates new hearts:
"And I shall give them one heart, and shall put a new spirit within them.
And I shall take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances, and do them." Ezekiel 11:19-20

God tests hearts:
"But You, O Lord, know me; You have seen me, And You have tested my heart toward You..." Jeremiah 12:3

God strengthens hearts:
"Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord." Psalm 27:14

God establishes hearts:
"And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, so that He may establish your hearts  blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints. 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13

And what is the heart response of the regenerate? It is-- To believe in the heart:
"For with the heart one believes to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation." Romans 11:10

To love God with all the heart:
"...You shall love the Lord with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." Matthew 22:37

To sanctify the Lord in the heart:
"But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you with meekness and fear." 1 Peter 3:15

To serve the Lord with all the heart:
"This day the Lord your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul." Deuteronomy 26:16

To do God's will from the heart:
"Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; not with eye service, as men pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart." Ephesians 6:5-6 (This applies to all as we serve the Lord.)

To trust in the Lord with all the heart:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will direct your path." Proverbs 3:5-6

Thank you Lord for keeping our hearts, making them new, so that we may respond in love, trust, service and walk in whole hearted obedience to You.
Amen