Good News #171: Because of Jesus, I Rejoice in the Quality of Inward Workings I Am Doing for His Kingdom!
In Samuel 16, when the prophet Samuel was in the house of Jesse to anoint David as the king to replace king Saul, The Lord Himself said, “…the Lord does not see as man sees for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
This puts all of us on equal ground before God.
See, the reality of this fallen world in terms of resources is that… some have a lot… some have less… yet some still have nothing…
And it would be dishonest to say we don’t need resources to do things… for example, we need finances to be able to give to the poor and needy… we need time to be able to do so… we need a community to be able to accomplish more, etc…
IF God looks at outward appearances then those who have nothing much in terms of finances, time, connections, etc… won’t have much to show for to God…
IF God COUNTS the ways or the hours of which man appears to be serving Him, then those who do not have much of these won’t have anything to show for to God…
But thank God He weighs our hearts… our spirits… the driving reason for why we do things the way we do things for Him…
Weighing instead of counting tells us He values the weight or quality of our actions instead of counting them…because…
one could be doing a lot of “church activities” to gain recognition instead of truly glorifying God…
another could barely be seen in “church activities” yet this one could be volunteering in shelters and sharing the love of God to the impoverished…
yet another could be serving in church to appease the guilt of a secret lifestyle…
Noone really truly sees the spirit and the heart behind man’s actions… except God…
And the gospel is this — Because God sees beyond the outward… beyond the quantity… what He is really doing is setting us all on equal ground before Him.
He looks into the spirit and heart of us… and He weighs the quality of why and how we do what we do…
Isn’t God a wonderful God?
He gives to all equal opportunity to bless His heart…
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All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
Proverbs 16:2
But the Lord weighs the spirits.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
Proverbs 21:2
But the Lord weighs the hearts.
