“God sees not as man
sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord
looks at the heart” - 1 Samuel 16:7
Too small!
Too short! Too . . . too something! Can’t play! Can’t survive!
Can’t make it in the NFL! Who are the so-called experts talking
about? It is Buffalo Bill’s quarterback Doug Flute . . . too
small in the estimation of many NFL scouts. Yet, in the Canadian
Football League, Doug Flute is considered to be the best player
in CFL history, winner of six Most Outstanding Player awards in
eight years, quarterback of three Gray Cup champions, holder of
most of the league’s passing records (41,355 career passing
yards and 270 passing touchdowns). 1998 is the year Flute will
face those that say he can’t make it . . . in the NFL. He is
determined to prove his critics wrong.
Who would
have ever thought that God would choose a shepherd boy to be
king of Israel? He’s too small! He’s too short! Too . . . too
something! Why, he can’t be king! Yet that is exactly what the
Lord did. God chose David, the youngest, the least likely of
Jesse’s sons, because, as the Bible puts it, “God sees not as
man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord
looks at the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7).
God saw
something special in David that others couldn’t see. He saw that
David’s heart was a godly heart. And that’s why David was God’s
choice for king – because he was “a man after [God’s] own heart”
(1 Samuel 13:14).
People are
often preoccupied with their outward appearance, their clothes,
their hairstyle. But to God the most important thing is the
condition of the heart. “What about your heart?” He asks. “Is it
right with Me?”
Today God
is looking for people He can use in His work. He is looking for
someone with a godly heart. This is His heart desire:
“O that
there was such a heart in [you], that [you] would fear me, and
keep all my commandments” (Deuteronomy 5:29).
1.
Why does God
put so much stock in your heart condition?
2.
What does it
mean “a man after [God’s] own heart”?
3.
How is your
heart condition?
“May my heart be
Yours and bring You honor and glory because of my obedience to
Your Word, Lord. In Your name, Amen.”
