To Look At the Heart of Others

Scripture 1 Sam 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of 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.”

Observation: All day long I judge people by their appearance. Before knowing anyone I have a judgment of what that person is like. If it’s an attractive woman they must be full of themselves, there are people that don’t look very intelligent, so they must not be, other people are uppity by the way they talk or hold themselves, some people are kind, because they treat me well. I have each person I meet pegged without knowing anything else about them, what an amazing gift, or is it. I have no idea what a person might be going through, what their heart is and any pain that they might be suffering with and by my judgments that is how I treat them. I’m sure glad I’m not God, because if I saw me through my eyes I wouldn’t be writing this now.

Application: I need to look at each person as God’s child. I have no right to judge anyone and God calls me to love everyone. I may not be able to see another’s heart, but then again I don’t have to, God is the judge not me. I need to be doing what God commands me to do, to love one another, to help others, to put their interests above my own and to lead them to Him. Nowhere in my job description does it say to judge anyone, probably because I’m not capable of doing that.

Prayer: My Lord I need your help. You know me and my heart and the evil I think each day. Give me a heart like Jesus, where I will love all those you place in my path, that I will not judge, but only love as you call me to do. I’m not able to do this on my own please fill me with the Holy Spirit and do this through me.