Proverbs 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

We deal with people every day and I have considered how much easier it would be to deal with people if I knew what was in their heart. That aggressive salesman, is he being honest or deceitful? The man across the street looking at my daughter, is he smitten or a predator? The man buying a gun, is he sound of mind or suicidal?

How trustful or cautious we are is based upon training and experience. If we could know what is in the heart of people couldn’t we eliminate fear of others and their intensions? Wouldn’t life be easier to deal with?

As a Christian, if you are a Christian, knowing the heart of Saul of Tarsus and his intentions to find and kill Christians in Damacus, would you have killed him or saved him?

It seems that knowing what is on a man’s heart does not give you insight to what will change that heart. It will only cause you to react upon what you see. It is judgment without future knowledge and justice without mercy.

Our responsibility as Christians is not to see people for what they are nor what they could be. It is our responsibility to show them what we were and what we are, giving praise and glory to the one who changed our hearts.