A Good Heart—Part 2

God is actively seeking people like those that Barnabas found in Antioch.  Having been saved by the grace of God, they continued to faithfully obey Him with resolute hearts (Acts 11:23).  Christians with good hearts obey God, not because they are forced to, but because it it their delight to do so.  One of the essential characteristics that God is looking for, a characteristic that makes our hearts good in His eyes, is the habitual desire to obey.  This is one of the marks of a heart that pleases God.  We should delight to obey Him, because all of His command are for our benefit.  Those with  good hearts receive God’s word with joy, so that the commands and promises of the Bible are deeply rooted in them, and have a sovereign influence over every part of their lives.  The Lord places great value on this quality.  He looks all over the world to find people with such hearts in order to do them good (2 Chronicles 16:9).