What’s On The Inside
What’s on the Inside
The view out the front of the hotel was so beautiful it barely seemed real; more like a screen saver one friend said. Cheyenne Mountain right over there…Pike’s Peak a little farther off… breath taking… awe inspiring…black and white proof that the world we live in could never have been just some huge cosmic accident. But beneath the beauty of Cheyenne Mountain lies something else, as evidenced by the various antennas poking up into the sky. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is tunneled into and under that impressive piece of God’s handiwork, hidden from the casual observer.
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7
And so God rejected Eliab, the tall handsome son of Jesse as the king of Israel. Instead, he chose David, the youngest son… a shepherd…a nobody to the casual observer; but a man “after God’s own heart.” For God cared then and cares now about what is underneath, what is at the core of a person’s soul. He cares nothing for the wealth or power or beauty or prestige that we are chasing after. He simply wants us to chase after him, for he is all we need!
God is looking at your heart….what does he see?
Brian Keel is Executive Vice President of Operations for the YMCA of Greater Toledo. He can be reached bkeel@ymcatoledo.org and on his profile page here.
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