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SAMUEL 16:6-13
The prophet
Samuel invited Jesse’s family to the sacrifice he made at Bethlehem to
determine which of his children God has chosen to be the next king. When Jesse
presented them one by one, even the prophet missed God’s choice, because he
depended on his physical eyes during the selection. Then God gave him the
secret: “But the LORD said to Samuel, ‘Do not look at his stature, because I
have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the
outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7).
As a believer, at one time or another we are confronted by a crucial decision capable of impacting upon our destiny. At such moments, look beyond your eyes, which can only assess things physically. Insist on depending on God‘s eyes, which will X-ray the situation and thereafter give you the right leading. Depending on your physical eyes limits you terribly. And most of the time you might miss God. Even as a man of God, if you do not insist on subjecting that situation to God’s pruning eyes, like Samuel, you may misjudge it. 1 Samuel 2:3 says: “…For the LORD is the God of knowledge; and by Him actions are weighed.”
God looks beyond your deeds. He probes into your heart to actually find out why you did that particular thing. This way, someone who did a charitable deed will lose his reward because he did it to be seen of men – while the one who took an excessive step out of zeal towards God, may win God’s approval because he did wrong with the right motive.
“Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.” (Proverbs 31:30). Making your choice of marriage partner based on beauty, wealth and other physical yardsticks may cause you to choose wrongly. But allowing God to choose for you will make you the right choice. Resolve from today to begin to use God’s eyes.
As a believer, at one time or another we are confronted by a crucial decision capable of impacting upon our destiny. At such moments, look beyond your eyes, which can only assess things physically. Insist on depending on God‘s eyes, which will X-ray the situation and thereafter give you the right leading. Depending on your physical eyes limits you terribly. And most of the time you might miss God. Even as a man of God, if you do not insist on subjecting that situation to God’s pruning eyes, like Samuel, you may misjudge it. 1 Samuel 2:3 says: “…For the LORD is the God of knowledge; and by Him actions are weighed.”
God looks beyond your deeds. He probes into your heart to actually find out why you did that particular thing. This way, someone who did a charitable deed will lose his reward because he did it to be seen of men – while the one who took an excessive step out of zeal towards God, may win God’s approval because he did wrong with the right motive.
“Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.” (Proverbs 31:30). Making your choice of marriage partner based on beauty, wealth and other physical yardsticks may cause you to choose wrongly. But allowing God to choose for you will make you the right choice. Resolve from today to begin to use God’s eyes.
MEMORIZE:
PSALM 32:8 –I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will
guide you with My eye.
