May 20

What does God see when He looks within you? That is one of the most crucial questions an individual must ask himself. You may carefully adorn your outer self to project the image you want others to see, but you cannot disguise the inner man that God sees when He looks upon your heart.

That essential fact will dictate where you spend eternity. That non-negotiable truth will determine your ultimate destination. The money you earn, the positions you attain, the power you wield will be of no consequence on that great eternal day.

I Samuel 16:7 states God’s position in the matter very clearly. Here we read, “The Lord said…I look not on his appearance or at the height of his stature; I have rejected him. The Lord sees not as man sees. Man looks at physical stature, important achievements, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

God had sent Samuel to select Israel’s king from among the sons of Jesse. Samuel presumed that God would choose from among the older, stronger, more accomplished of Jesse’s sons. But He did not. He chose the youngest son David, of whom He said that he was a man after His own heart.

Unless Jesus is Lord of your heart, you are seen as wanting. You are not seen as one whose eternal home is Heaven.