The
Lord Doesn't See Things The Way You See Them.
People
Judge By Outward Appearance,
But
The Lord Looks At The Heart.
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 Lordlooks
at the heart.”
Observation
God
has sent Samuel to anoint the next king of Israel to replace King
Saul.
God
tells Samuel to go the house of a man named Jesse and God says that
He has selected one of Jesse's sons to be the next king. Samuel looks
at the first son Eliab and thinks, “this must be the guy”, but
the Lord says “no”. Every son in the house gets turned down by
the Lord, and Samuel asked Eliab, “Are
these all the sons you have?”
“There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But
he’s out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.”
David's
dad Jesse did not see the potential in his son David, but God sure
did!
There
is a lesson in this story for me. Maybe for you too. I need to invest
my life into the people that God brings my way because I am not God
and I can never see the full potential of the person in front of me.
During
my lifetime I have been totally surprised how God has radically
transformed the lives of some of the people that I thought had very
little potential. They are now some of God's best. And I have also
been deeply saddened and I have had my heart broken and shattered
over the years by the moral failure of some of the ones that I
thought had the brightest future and had the most potential.
“The Lord doesn’t
see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance,
but the Lord
looks
at the heart.”
Application
I
will continue to invest my life into the men and the couples that God
brings my way. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, give me Your eyes so that I can see what You see. Give me
Your heart so I can feel what You feel. Help me to concentrate on
those around me and not focus on myself. I pray especially for the
men and women at our church. Help them to grow and be all that You
have meant for them to be. Don't let them get sidetracked by some
stupid sin. Help them to live pure and holy lives so they can be used
by You. Don't ever let me give up on anyone no matter had bad the
sin, no matter how bad they have messed up. I am a sinner too, saved
by grace.
Daily
Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 15,16; 1 Chronicles 5; Matthew 1
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