Whole Heart Engaged

I was reading again the words of the great hymn writer Isaac Watts, who wrote 'When I Survey', and who was pretty big on worship and the heart. He wrote “God values not the service of men, if the heart be not in it: The Lord sees and judges the heart; he has no regard to outward forms of worship, if there be no inward adoration, if no devout affection be employed therein. It is therefore a matter of infinite importance, to have the whole heart engaged steadfastly for God.” It's a great reminder in a culture which is sometimes far more concerned with the outward appearance.