Thought for you.. There's a guy in the Bible called Samuel. He's a guy that loves God and delivers God's messages to His people. He's called a prophet and he has special abilities in order to do his job. Often these unique gifts would allow for heightened perception and knowledge far beyond human capacity. Now one of his jobs was to find the new king of Israel. This king was a young boy called David but Samuel didn't know this yet. All he knew was he had to go to a house to find this new king. Samuel sees one of David's older brothers and immediately thinks "this has to be the new king". The guy is tall, distinguished, mature, strong, good looking. Ticks in all the right boxes. Then God speaks to Samuel and says "No, it's not him. You look on the outside but I look on the heart...". Why am I saying this? Because this is how God wants us to see people. Not for how they look, how popular they are, what they can do or what they give you. Look at people for who they really are inside. And how do you do that? Well, you test the fruit of their heart. Watch and listen and in time you'll see what's in their heart because it will undoubtedly show in their words and actions. Dont be deceived by just the outer shell even if it seems to tick all the right boxes. Learn to see hearts like God does and you'll gain invaluable wisdom for life. Goodnight guys.
