Inside out...!

I Samuel 16:6-7 NKJV

So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the Lord ’s anointed is before Him!” But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical 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.”

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Shalom! Day #147. Do you know that your heart appearance is what the Lord looks at and not your outward appearance? Let's pray. Father, search our hearts and know our motives in serving You. Let me not serve You with my outward appearance but from my heart to You. In Jesus name we ask and pray, Amen!

We always look for talented people to serve in the ministry. If a person has a good voice, we will ask the to worship lead. If a person is good in playing musical instruments, we appoint them to play. Without looking at their spiritual maturity, their spiritual life, we just blindly appoint them. The Lord despises those who outwardly serves the Lord, but inwardly not. People who trying to present themselves outwardly looking good and doing good in the ministry, don't really portrays the same thing inwardly. The serve just as for a duty and not because of love.

In today's verse, when Samuel looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the Lord ’s anointed is before Him!” But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical 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.” The Lord rebuked Samuel because he was looking the outward of a man. Outwardly we may seems to be doing a great ministry, but it doesn't guarantee that our spiritual life in doing well. Your spiritual life must project out your reality of living. Your spiritual life must influence your reality, not the other way round. In Proverbs 4:23 NKJV it says, "Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life." Keep or guard your heart with all diligence,  because everything about your life comes out from your heart. Every good and bad intentions comes out from your heart. Guard it well. Serve God, live for God from inside out.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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In His Majestic service,

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