II Chronicles 25:1,2

II Chronicles 25:1,2 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. I think that you can easily see the problem with King Amaziah’s life. He was a good king on the outside, but his heart was not perfect with God on the inside. But be careful: God doesn’t expect us to be perfect. But God does expect us to have a perfect heart. Let me explain. When we love God, we want to do right. That is the inside. But our bodies are tempted to do wrong. That is the outside. So God expects us to be right on the inside and to try to be right on the outside. But King Amaziah did not. He tried to do right on the outside without being right on the inside. Sorry, King Amaziah, that won’t work. God sees the heart. Hey, that’s true for us: God sees our hearts. So, here is the key: Be right on the inside and God will help you as you try to be right on the outside.