This morning we begin worship with:
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the LORD search the heart and test the mind..."
It will fool you. It will trip you up. Recall please how Jacob tricked Esau and bought his birthright for the cost of a bowl of soup and how Jacob was born holding Esau’s heel. That Hebrew word for “deceit” is derived from that very action (ʿāqaḇ).
When placed into a situation where you have to deal with a deceitful person, who you cannot trust, what do you do? Would you follow them? No. The counsel to “follow your heart” is from the pit of Hell. A moment of anger or desire can trick you out of a life’s work or a life long relationship.
Instead, you keep them at arm’s length. You watch them, understand their selfish motives, and you protect yourself from their actions. We have a partner in this, this verse tells us the Lord tests our heart and knows all its tricks. His advice:
You follow me!”
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