He Looks at the heart

He Looks at the Heart

“The LORD said to Samuel, ‘Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.’”

—1 Samuel 16:7

 

The Lord looks at the heart, not the outward appearance. We tend to look at the outward appearance. We are easily impressed by the wrong things. But what’s inside is more important than what’s outside.

We Christians need to shift our thinking and “fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” (2 Cor. 4:18). God is concerned about unseen things like patience, sensitivity, faith, goodness, perseverance, and self-control. We are precious in God’s eyes when we demonstrate endurance and long-suffering when we keep looking to the unseen things. Take a look in your heart to check whether its “time” is correct. The heart is the real you, the inner you. It's your thoughts and mind, your feelings and emotion, your will and drive. It's the full you, the real you. When God looks at your heart, what does he see?  God is looking for those whose hearts are fully committed to him. Is your heart fully committed to him?

 Remember, Your heart is vital to your worship of God. Your heart is what really matters. Do you want to be useful to God? Then work on your heart. Work on your character. Focus on your spiritual growth as a believer. We need to learn to see things the way God sees us. Man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.

Lord, so many of our thoughts are caught up in the here and now that we forget that if we can see it, it’s temporary. Enable us to fix my gaze on what’s important, the eternal. The peace of God that surpasses all understanding keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Amen.