Is this person caring or selfish obedient to God or rebellious are his thoughts pure or polluted does he desire spiritual or worldly things? The heart involves the emotions, the will, the mind, and the desires. A sk yourself instead, ‘ What does God see in this person’s heart? ’ What God sees is what a person really is. When you meet a handsome man or a beautiful woman, don’t be impressed by their attractiveness. Someone has said : ‘ The kind of “ looks ” that God considers important are the inner beauty of the heart and the look of kindness, goodness, integrity, and holiness ’. We need to hear God’s word to Samuel : ‘ the Lord looks on the heart ’. Christians should be different, of course, but all of us are i nfluenced by ‘ good looks ’. Sadly, most young people t oday judge their own worth and that of their friends on the basis of appearance. The emphasis is always on making yourself more attractive on the outside. People are constantly being encouraged to improve their appearance with beauty treatments, diet plans, fitness programmes, dental implants, and cosmetic surgery. The commercials which bombard us testify to this. Our society is obsessed with physical appearance. Eliab looked suitable, but he was not the one. Eliab mu st have been a good-looking man because God had to speak into Samuel’s ear and say, ‘ Don’t be impressed by his appearance or his height ’. Samuel had been sent by God to anoint one of the sons of Jesse to be king over Israel in place of Saul. However, the prophet was in danger of doing what we so often do – judging a man by how he looked. Seeing the first son who came before him he was sure that he was the chosen one.
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