God looks on the Heart 💖🌟
A homely, Christian man who owned a diesel repair shop never worried about dressing up for work. Anything he wore while there ended up covered in engine grease. After one week of service, his work shirts were so soiled with soaked-in grease, his wife threw in the towel and threw the shirts in the trash. He used to joke he made more money than the president, but one would never know of his wealth by his appearance and his countenance. He was a humble man who loved the Lord, was kind, and loved his family and others until he died.
When he went before God after his death, do you suppose God asked him about his money? Or his power because of his wealth? We may chuckle because we know the answer. God looks at a person’s heart, not at their status, family, wealth, etc.
In the past few days we’ve been thinking on how much the nature of one’s heart dictates the quality of their lives. The interesting thing however is, How do you tell the state of someone’s heart when you can hardly see through nice profiles, impressive brands, nice images, great external experiences of people?!
How do you go past the blueticks and filters to be able to know the hearts of others. People have entered wrong relationships, businesses or partnerships because they could not see beyond face value. We rate people and place them on a pedestal or look down on them based on how they look on the outside. Truth is sometimes the externals don’t tell the true story.
“When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, “Here he is! God’s anointed!” But God told Samuel, “Looks aren’t everything. Don’t be impressed with his looks and stature. I’ve already eliminated him. God judges persons differently than humans do. Men and women look at the face; God looks into the heart.””
1 Samuel 16:6-7 MSG
Oftentimes people, and myself have asked how do you choose a partner for marriage especially considering the fact that people pretend and people change, what is the guarantee that my chosen partner end up being a good choice?
We tend to choose based on a person’s appearance and when we do this, we are likely to choose the wrong person. We don’t see the heart or the character of the person.
God looks at the heart. The heart in Scripture is a person’s inner moral and spiritual life. Proverbs 4:23 explains that everything we do flows from our hearts. The heart is the core, the inner essence of who we are: “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of” (Luke 6:45).
“But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”
1 Corinthians 2:10-11 KJV
God has known is from way before we were born. More than knowing us from before we were born, God also knows the motives inside our hearts. He knows what we feel, what we think, what we hide deep inside the recesses of our hearts.
God knows all and He can reveal to you the heart and intents of another if only you will check in with Him! The problem we face with this is that we wait till we have feelings for people then we want to ask God if they are the one, which oftentimes backfires because in that state you are very likely to misinterpret or hear wrongly due to the lenses with which you’re viewing the situation. Like Samuel you’re considering what is before you.
But perhaps you want to make that enquiry ever before you get all bubbly about someone. I have no doubt of God’s ability to lead you in the right way when it comes to this!
Ask God, He looks on the heart!
Xo,
Zoe🌟