Trusting God

With all of this study of the heart, I am noticing the hearts of those in the Bible. this morning I read about Ananias and Sapphira in Acts chapter 5. Yes, the ones that lied to God and then died. The condition of their hearts were not right, but lets look past the disobedience of lying and look at the reason for the lie. This couple sold their land and gave the money to the Apostles to further God's kingdom. the problem is that they told them they were giving them all the money but secretly they held some back for themselves. Why did they do that? Well, I don't think they trusted God with their whole hearts. They kept a little money for themselves just in case this Jesus thing didn't last. I think they also lied to be accepted and praised by the rest of the believers. That is pride, and where there is pride there is a failed condition of the heart, because we believe in ourselves more than God. the condition of the heart is a rudder that steers the whole ship. One little adjust either good or bad makes a huge difference on what direction you go. I think we should take time to examine our hearts today and see where our rudder (heart) is turning our ship (our lives)