The Power of the Heart

God would be no better off than we are in knowing people if he could not see the heart. If God were ignorant of what was about to happen from the mouths and hands and feet of eight billion people, he could not know what would be happening all over the world. All behavior gets its true virtue from its motive. Any outwardly good acts are hypocrisy because there is so much evil intent on the inside. And that means when we stop sinful words from exiting our mouth to our spouse or kids or coworkers, we glorify God when we stop the evil thoughts from becoming evil words.