What does it look like to have a heart for God?  Four brief thoughts:

Daily Walk:  Solomon speaks of his father David as walking before God with an upright heart (I Kings 3:6).  To walk befor God is to live before him.  All of life is to be lived before God.  A heart for God is not reserved to “religious” activities.  All of life is to be lived with a heart for God.

Talk: Jesus says that “out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45).  If we have a heart for God it will show in what we say.  We will talk in a way that pleases him.  We will talk about him.

Loving God: What is the greatest Command?  Jesus tells us it is to love God with all your heart (Matthew 22:37).  If we have a heart for God, we will love him – and not just a little, but with all our hearts.

Loving People: A few posts back, I noted that being a people after God’s heart meant we did all his will (Acts 13:22).  His will is summed up by Jesus as loving God (see last point) and loving people (Matthew 22:39).  We cannot claim to love God if we don’t love people.

Do we have hearts for God?  Does it show in our walk and talk?  Does it show in our love for God and people?