God looks on the heart
Remember the story of David the shepherd boy and how God picked him out of a family of at least eight boys. Well when the prophet of God who happened to be a guy called Samuel went to Bethlehem to talk to a sheep farmer by the name of Jesse he went with an agenda partly God’s but partly his own. I think you can see what I’m talking about when you see what he said to God in verse 6 of 1 Samuel chapter 16…… “So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab(he was the oldest son and the tallest and the best looking a real he-man, a movie star if a talent scout had seen him today, now you see what I MEAN BY Samuel’s agenda because he said ) Whoa! Wow! Yes! This is it Lord! He da man! That’s what it would have sounded like today.
He said, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!”
I’m sure the hair must have stood up on the back of his neck…and he probably had goose bumps all over. Wow! This is gotta be him! “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature because I have refused him!” God said …nope not him
And He said it to the next six sons that Jesse paraded out. Not him. None of these and by now old Jesse was getting frustrated ‘cause he too had an agenda. He brought them out in order of their status within the family. By now Samuel is getting the message…like we sometimes say in our ever so learned modern vernacular…..he clued in …he finally let’s God do the choosing because he asks Jesse , “are all the young men here?”So old Jesse said, well no, the young fella’s out tending the sheep …that’s my boy…he’s the youngest …probably God wouldn’t want him to be king over Israel. After all he’s just a kid. So Samuel tells Jesse Send for him ‘cause we’re not even going to sit down until he gets here. Can you imagine the tense atmosphere in that kitchen that day as Dad and these seven strapping lads had to wait for the “boy”? Soon as he walked through the door God said…that’s him…that’s my chosen one. Anoint him!
This is the one!
God looks on the heart and it doesn’t matter how fancy you are dressed whether you are wearing that new dress or that new suit or have the latest style to be seen in…God looks beyond all that and sees your heart. You may even have all your “i’s” dotted and your “t’s” crossed everything outward in order but GOD LOOKS AT YOUR HEART!
Is your heart right with God? It can be …by His grace
Remember the story of David the shepherd boy and how God picked him out of a family of at least eight boys. Well when the prophet of God who happened to be a guy called Samuel went to Bethlehem to talk to a sheep farmer by the name of Jesse he went with an agenda partly God’s but partly his own. I think you can see what I’m talking about when you see what he said to God in verse 6 of 1 Samuel chapter 16…… “So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab(he was the oldest son and the tallest and the best looking a real he-man, a movie star if a talent scout had seen him today, now you see what I MEAN BY Samuel’s agenda because he said ) Whoa! Wow! Yes! This is it Lord! He da man! That’s what it would have sounded like today.
He said, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!”
I’m sure the hair must have stood up on the back of his neck…and he probably had goose bumps all over. Wow! This is gotta be him! “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature because I have refused him!” God said …nope not him
And He said it to the next six sons that Jesse paraded out. Not him. None of these and by now old Jesse was getting frustrated ‘cause he too had an agenda. He brought them out in order of their status within the family. By now Samuel is getting the message…like we sometimes say in our ever so learned modern vernacular…..he clued in …he finally let’s God do the choosing because he asks Jesse , “are all the young men here?”So old Jesse said, well no, the young fella’s out tending the sheep …that’s my boy…he’s the youngest …probably God wouldn’t want him to be king over Israel. After all he’s just a kid. So Samuel tells Jesse Send for him ‘cause we’re not even going to sit down until he gets here. Can you imagine the tense atmosphere in that kitchen that day as Dad and these seven strapping lads had to wait for the “boy”? Soon as he walked through the door God said…that’s him…that’s my chosen one. Anoint him!
This is the one!
God looks on the heart and it doesn’t matter how fancy you are dressed whether you are wearing that new dress or that new suit or have the latest style to be seen in…God looks beyond all that and sees your heart. You may even have all your “i’s” dotted and your “t’s” crossed everything outward in order but GOD LOOKS AT YOUR HEART!
Is your heart right with God? It can be …by His grace
posted by Randall | 5:46 a.m.
2 Comments:
Thank God that looks arent important to Him. A lot of us would be in trouble if that was the case. People may put you down for what you wear or look like, but I thank God that He does look at our hearts! Thats the important thing!
Great lessons for us are contained in this part of the Word. We can trust the faithfulness of God - we do not have to go ahead of Him, thinking He has lost His way. Samuel is a good example to us in that he waited and waited until God showed him the son who was to be anointed. Thanks, Randall, for reminding us to wait for Him. Of course, there are many other lessons here, too, an important one pointed out by "moreofu".
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