1
Sam 2:3
Talk no
more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the
Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
God Weighs Our Actions
This
was a part of a prayer that Hannah prayed when she gave Samuel to the Lord’s
service in the temple. She had prayed
for this son and now she was giving him back.
She knew her God; and God was more important to her than the gifts He
had given her. We learn here that our
God is a God of knowledge and He weighs our actions. When we are doing something to please the
Lord, He is weighing our actions. The
Lord ponders what we are doing and He considers our motives and sincerity of
heart. It is the heart that He desires
to be clean and upright when giving anything to Him. He wants us to prepare our hearts and be in a
place where our words or actions are not the measurement but the heart behind
those words and actions. Our God knows
why we are doing what we are doing.
Sometimes we don’t even know that there are hidden agendas or fleshly
reasons for spiritual actions. It is a
good thing to pray quietly before the Lord, like Hannah, and ask the God of
knowledge to weigh our actions and create in us clean hearts. Ask Him to unite your heart to fear His
name. Ask Him to cause your offerings to
be sincere and motivated only by your love for Him.
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