What Matters The Most

Text: Matthew 15: 1-20

In reading the above text, we notice that the Pharisees pin pointing the disciples’ mistake for not washing their hands before their meal. The Pharisees were legalistic group of people who were all out to catch Jesus and His disciples for breaking the Jewish tradition. Here in this context they see the disciples as defiled because of eating with an unwashed hand.

In verse 18 and 19 Jesus qualifies what can actually defile a person. What actually matters the most for God is the attitude of our hearts (Joel 2:12-13). Not how we look like or even what ministries that we are involved in. All that matters for Him is the attitude of our hearts.
To know Jesus deeper, we need to have change of heart. It is not merely refraining from certain activities but retuning the heart in such a way that we have no desire for what is evil. If you want to maintain your spirituality and walk an upright life before God, then you need to have a change of heart. Remember even Jesus said to the Pharisees, “What comes out a person defiles him rather than what go into him”. The attitude and the state of our hearts matter the most. Our God is a God who searches our hearts.

God expect a repented heart and untainted by evil desires. We who are His children should at all times tune our heart towards God. We should learn to pray to Jesus to purify our heart daily. What matters the most to God is the attitude of our hearts.