More Evidence That It Is A Heart Issue

I have long pondered why God overlooks some offenses and not others, especially when they seem the same.  Why did God overlook David deciding that it was OK for he and his men to eat the consecrated bread?  Why did God turn around and punish a King that I wrote about recently that seemed to do something that was no worse than what David did.  (Don't remember what it was right now.)

Then in today's reading I come across the story of how King Hezekiah brings the people back to God.  He decided to celebrate the Passover at a time different than the time specified by God just because it hadn't been done in a long time.  They decided to make the celebration two weeks instead of one as God had specified.  And to top it all off, many people didn't sanctify themselves as required by God.  Now read Hezekiah's prayer for the people.

2 Chronicles 30:18-20(NKJV)
For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord provide atonement for everyone 
who prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he is not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.” 
And the Lord listened to Hezekiah and healed the people. 

As I read the words it seems to me that comes down to a heart issue.  As long as you are attempting to get right with God, if you get a little detail wrong He isn't going to hammer you.  That's what it seems to be saying to me.  Hope that makes sense.  

Have a blessed day!