The
Lord Doesn't See Things The Way You See Them.
People
Judge By Outward Appearance,
But
The Lord Looks At The Heart.
Scripture
1
Samuel 16
7 But
the Lord said
to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have
rejected him. The Lord doesn’t
see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance,
but the Lord looks
at the heart.”
Observation
Have
you ever been totally wrong about someone? I sure have.
Maybe
you have been deeply hurt because you misjudged someone's character
and they were nothing like what you first thought. That is because we
tend to judge people by their outward appearance but God looks at
their heart.
Samuel
sure didn't think that God would have picked David to be king.
When
the Prophet Samuel sized up the sons of Jesse he thought Jesse's son,
Eliab was certainly the one that God would pick to be king, but God
said to Samuel, “ Don’t
judge by his appearance or height for I have rejected him.
The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People
judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the
heart.”
King
David was a man after God's own heart.
Acts
13:22
22 And when
He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom
also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found
David the son of
Jesse, a man after My own heart, who
will do all My will.’
Right
now, right at this very moment, God is looking at my heart and He is
looking, right now, at your heart too.
Application
I
will read God's Word everyday and I will try my best, with God's
help, to be a man after God's own heart.
How
about you?
Psalm
119:9&11
9 How
can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to
your word. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not
sin against you.
Proverbs
4:23
Above
all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I realize that I did not choose You, but amazingly You chose
me. It was not because of anything that I have done. It was only
because of Your mercy and Your grace that I am a child of Yours. I
have been blood bought with the very high price of the death of Your
Son on the cross. So help me to live like a child of the King. You
are King of Kings and Lord of Lords. You alone are worthy to be
praised. Keep me away from stupid sins that mess up my walk with You
and the people that I love.
I
pray for any person that may read this blog today. Bless them, Lord.
May Your face shine brightly on them with Your favor. Show them how
to walk today in a way that pleases You. Meet the deep needs of his
or her life.
Daily
Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 15,16; 1 Chronicles 5; Matthew 1
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