The Knower of hearts

And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us.

He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith. (Acts 15:8-9)

“God, who knows the heart.” Literally in the Greek, it’s “God, the Knower of hearts,” or “God, the Heart-knower.”

Somehow, that title resonates with me. 

The Knower of hearts sees you and me, and bore witness to our faith by giving us his Holy Spirit.

He makes no distinction between me and any other Christian. We are all accepted by him, by grace, through faith in Jesus. And in Jesus, we are all clean before him. 

Sometimes people will look down on us because we don’t “measure up” as Christians. That’s what some of the Jewish Christians were doing with the Gentile Christians.

But it doesn’t matter what others say. The Knower of hearts has already accepted us. 

Sometimes we even doubt ourselves. We condemn ourselves as “not good enough.”

But the when our hearts condemn us, the Knower of hearts whispers his love and acceptance to us. For he is greater than our hearts. (1 John 3:19-20)

Knower of hearts. Thank you that you love me. Thank you that before the creation of this world, you chose me. Let those truths sink deeply into my heart. In Jesus’ name, amen.