Father, Please Make Our Hearts to Be More Like Yours
2 Chronicles 16:9 says the eyes of God are continually roaming throughout the earth to strengthen people whose hearts are fully committed to Him.
God can peer into our hearts, examine our motivations, and know everything there is to know about us (Psalm 139:1).
God knows if a person will be faithful.
God sees what people can’t see.
God looks at the inner workings, the heart of people. He looks for bitterness, hard heartedness, worship of self made idols, he looks at slander and manipulation lurking in hearts.
And … He looks for brokenness and repentance.
As its states in 1 Samuel 16,
“Humans do not see what The LORD sees, for humans see what is visible, but The LORD sees the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7.
King David was far from perfect.
He committed adultery and murder (2 Samuel 11). But God saw in David a man of deep, abiding faith who was wholly committed to The LORD.
God saw a man who would depend on The LORD for strength and guidance. (1 Samuel 17:45, 47; 23:2).
God saw a man who would recognize his sin and failure and who would repent and ask The LORD for forgiveness. (2 Samuel 12).
God saw in David a man who loved his Lord; a man who worshiped his Lord with all his being (2 Samuel 6:14);
A man who had experienced God’s cleansing and forgiveness (Psalm 51) and had come to understand the depths of God’s love for him (Psalm 13:5–6; 106:1).
God saw a man with a sincere and personal relationship with his Creator.
When God looked at the heart of David, He saw a man after His own heart (Acts 13:22).
Like Samuel, we can’t see what The LORD sees, and we must rely on Him for wisdom — and, we can trust that, when God looks at our hearts, He sees our faithfulness, our true character, and our value as individuals.
Oh God, we need to see as God sees which is not at the outward appearance, not at that which seems most attractive for this reason or that reason to the world.
We need to see through the heart both when we look at others and when we think about ourselves, what is most important before God.
This is a truth we see resounding, throughout the pages of The Bible. It is unmistakable.
Father, please make our hearts to be more like yours.
May we grow in our affection for Christ and for others.
In His Shadow,
~ Mary Lindow ©
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Mary Lindow has a passion for encouraging others – all generations, careers or vocations to live expressing excellence through personal integrity, healthy accountability, and wise management of talents and skills. She’s a sought after keynote, inspirational, humorous speaker and teacher across the USA and internationally in Ministers & Spiritual leaders Conferences, and training seminars for various organizations.
Most certainly God sees the heart of those who would remain faithful to His Word. Many times He will raise up just one out of a large generation to carry certain anointing.
Thank you Mary, blessings.
Beautiful..