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Prov 25:3

3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

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Does not take much contemplation to know it is impossible for one man to know the heart of another. Here we are told that those who attend the affairs of government cannot be understood by us common people. Their acts, their actions, their decision making reasons are beyond our reach. This certainly was true in the time of Solomon as well as other kings throughout the lands. Many times the kings were of royal blood lines who had received an education of sorts and the common people may not even been able to read or write, much less comprehend the minds of educated people. Today in our country we still have our so called representatives meeting behind closed doors making deals we have no knowledge of. It may even be that their deals, their plotting is unsearchable to us. But we have a King who hides nothing from us. He desires we know him and that we know his plans and his will for us. His heart is not unsearchable. His heart is laid bare so we can see and feel it. He has made sure all peoples of all generations may find a way to know and see his heart. He has published his very words explaining his heart, his desires and his plans for his creation. As David prayed and which should be a part of our pray:

Ps 139:23-24

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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He also wants us to search his heart, he wants us to know him. So then let us search his heart and find peace. Let us search his heart and find eternal life. Let us search his heart and know that he is our God and we are his people. He hides nothing from us. There are no secret meetings in heaven making rulings and laws without the knowledge of his people for he has written his law upon our hearts. He is searchable.