19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 24 The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.REFLECTIONSWritten by Rodney Clarke“If I only had a heart." The lament of the Tin Man in the Wizard of OZ. In our culture the heart is all encompassing; emotionally, spirituality & mentally. We think with our hearts, emote with our hearts and contemplate with them. Our hearts are full or empty. But do our hearts condemn us?If we follow God’s commands certainly not! If our hearts are tempered with love and acts of service towards our brothers and sisters then we are right with God. So if our hearts are wilful and stubborn then God cannot reside there. God asks us to examine our hearts and to look to his son Jesus to heal our brokenness and therefore reside in our hearts. He makes us right with himself by his Spirit. The Tin Man wanted to rekindle a lost love, but the God of the Universe wants to reconcile us to him through his Son Jesus. I can't think of anything more heart-warming then that.Question: What do you fill your heart with?ABOUT THE AUTHORRodney is a member of our Fairfield Morning Service.