"God Knows!"

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts. Proverbs 21:2

I love that God is in control and knows our heart! Here is a perfect example.

"And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, in this manner you shall speak to him, 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel: "Concerning the words which you have heard---"because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you," says the Lord. 2 Chronicles 34:26-27

These words were spoken to a young man named Josiah. You can find his story in 2 Kings 22:1-23:30 and in 2 Chronicles  chapters 34 and 35. As a youth pastor I love Josiah. He became king when he was eight years old and the word says, "He did what is right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 2 Chronicles 34:2 A young man true to his walk with God and as great as that is I love this point even more.

In 1 Kings 13:2 God spoke a word about him through a prophet of God and he named Josiah by name and told about what he would do because of his heart for God. He spoke of Josiah by name 300 years before he was born.

What about? "Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them." Psalm 139:16 or Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; And ordained you a prophet to the nations."

300 years before he was born he knew Josiah's heart! So, some food for thought?

"...who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" Esther 4:14 GOD KNOWS!