FAITH CAPSULE: How is it with your heart before God?

Daniel 1

What is your desire for God?
What one thinks is what one asks.
Ephesians 3:20 records, “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”
Do you want a heart for God?
One with a desperate heart to live life for the glory of God shall experience the backing of the good hand of God.
No, that there is heart activity hidden from God. 
Psalm 44:21 buttresses, “…God knows the secret of the heart.” 
The Bible records about the heart, “The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all the inner depths of his heart.” (Proverbs 20:27)
How desperate is your heart for the glory of God? 
Daniel demonstrated his heart to live life for the glory of God. 
The hand of God backed Daniel up to do great exploits for His glory. 
Daniel 1:8 states, “Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore, he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.” 
Daniel purposed in his heart for God to live life to do great exploit (Daniel 11:32) 
How is it with your heart before God?
God sees all. 
Know that “As in water face reflects face, so a man’s heart reveals the man.” (Proverbs 27:19)
Give your heart to God that sees heart with desire for His glory.
Nehemiah, a cup-bearer had a heart for God.
The heart of Nehemiah was with genuine concern for the welfare of Jeremiah but not for self-interest. 
The heart of Nehemiah was a desperate heart for a better life for his brethren.
Nehemiah had a heart for God to see his desperate desire to touch lives for the glory of God. 
God invested in Nehemiah as a vessel for reconstructing the broken wall of Jerusalem. 
The report of Jerusalem caused a burden on the heart of Nehemiah.
Nehemiah, with a heart for God, intercedes on behalf of the land and his people. 
The Bible records in Nehemiah 1:3-4, “And they said to me, ‘The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.’ So it was, when I heard these words that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.” 
A caring heart is a heart for God.
Nehemiah had a caring heart that poured out in prayer on behalf of his people and his homeland. 
He asked for nothing that had to do with selfishness but petitioned for things that had to do with a better life for his people. 
A believer should have a heart for God.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to have the heart for God.