In Psalm 86:11 David prayed, “Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.” He was asking the Lord to give him singleness of heart.”

Psalm 119:10 says, “With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, oh let me not wander from Your commandments!” The key for living in obedience is in verse 11. It says, “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.”

The Lord knows our hearts. Any heart idol usurps His place and keeps us from wholeheartedly obeying His word. Read Ezekiel 14:1-7. Verse three says that heart idols cause us to stumble into iniquity ~ acting independent of God.

1 Kings 8:39 uses another word for heart idols. It says, “Whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by anyone…when each one knows the plague of his own heart…” Is your heart plagued by being a people pleaser? Do you fall prey to temptations to sin? It is time to ask the Lord to do heart surgery with the scalpel of His word.