“You know my heart, and it is because You know my heart that I can trust You”
That is the thought that came to my mind the other day when I was praying and asking God, once again, for a long term prayer request.
You see, I only think I know my heart when I am asking for something and I cry, “Father, You know my heart”, somehow insinuating the my motives are pure, therefore my request should be granted.
So often I feel entitled to my request based on the assumption my motives are pure. Could it be the One who holds and knows my heart, with all its desires and motives, truly does know that perhaps there is a better way, a deeper work to be done?
Is this the time to, on a deeper level, trust you with all my heart and lean NOT on my own understanding. To not be wise in my own eyes and rest in You?
Trusting with all my heart—yet trusting Him more. Often times, it isn’t until looking back in hindsight, that the true motives of the heart become clear. Until then, I can trust His heart even in my faltering steps of faith. Even when my heart ‘seems’ so spot on, it may not be, but I can trust Him. Yes, even then, I can trust Him.
“You know my heart, and it is because You know my heart that I can trust You”
