God’s Eyes

The WORD today (See http://usccb.org/bible/readings/012114.cfm) reminds me that God’s eyes and his standards are very different from ours.

Today’s first reading is an inspiring one. We see how God chose and anointed David, a young shepherd, over his older brothers. Probably his older brothers looked mightier than him. however, God’s eyes are not like man’s. It is inspiring and affirming to know it – “Do not judge from his appearance of lofty stature…not as man sees des God see, because he sees the appearance, but the Lord looks into the heart.” God looks at the heart, not on the worldly qualifications of man. Indeed, God does not call the qualified, he qualifies the called.

God is more concerned with your heart than your worldly skills, talents and qualifications. God created everything, so he does not need an intelligent, talented and experienced person to do his work. Rather, he needs a person whose heart is in the right place, who has the proper perspective, whose heart is open for God’s indwelling – because that is something God cannot force upon us. He will not command you to make space for him in your heart. But as we do so, as we make space for him, as we love him, it will be easier for him to equip us and qualify us to do his work.

May we be inspired by this, and work on having a proper heart – a heart that loves God above all, a heart that is willing to be empty so it can be filled by God, a heart that has space for God, and not on worldly qualifications.

Father God,

Thank you for today. thank you for another day to live. Thank you for the reminder how important to you our heart is. Lord, my heart may not be so clean right now, but I will do my best to prepare it for you. I ask that you help me prepare my heart, and as I do so, I pray that you equip me and use me to do your work here on earth, so that I can glorify you with it. Amen.

Blessed day!

In Christ,

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