FAITH CAPSULE: What is the state of your heart in seeking and serving God?

1 Samuel 3

The word of God describes Samuel, “So Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.  And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel had been established as a prophet of the Lord.Then the Lord appeared again in Shiloh. For the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord.” (1 Samuel 3: 19-21)
Samuel’s state of heart was God focused and that was why none of his words fell down. What is the state of your heart in seeking and serving God?
God is not interested in how you run around or how you appear to man on the ground of worship. Clearly, the word of God points it in the pages of Bible about how He is only interested in the state of our heart as we seek and serve Him.
Here are some Scriptural verses that buttress seeking God with all our heart and not by our look and appearance: 
Deuteronomy 4:29, “But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
1 Chronicles 28:9, “As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.”
2 Chronicles 15:12, “Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.” 
Psalm 119:2, “Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart!”
Jeremiah 29:13, “And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.”
God is not difficult to be found but the heart of man is desperately wicked and that makes it difficult for man’s heart to seek God.
In your service unto God, are you running in act without the heart for God? It is important to know that the Lord is the God of knowledge; and by Him actions are weighed. (1 Samuel 2:3) Brethren can mistake you; pastors can misrepresent you but God is perfect to identify all. Also are you a pastor whose heart does not line up with God as it is supposed to? The congregation might be looking at your outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.
Peace, joy, deliverance, victory, salvation, breakthrough are among the blessings that identifies with God. It shall be impossible to seek Him with all our heart and soul and not be identified with His identity. Seek God with all your heart and all your soul.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to live fully in obedience to His word.