The Lord Does Not Look at the Things Men Look At

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The title of this post is from 1 Samuel 16:7 and describes how the Lord, through Samuel, chose David to be the next king of Israel. David's father Jesse presented his seven older sons before Samuel, all of whom were rejected. This should come as no surprise to us, since this is yet another example of the Lord choosing whom he wants, not whom we necessarily think.

And why not? Our God is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent, so why does he need the best of us to accomplish his goals? He's told us over and over, and will state again over and over, that when he uses the least of us, God is glorified, which is the way things should be. We'll have an eternity to revel in the glory of the Lord, and it will be so completely beyond our comprehension that it's a waste of time to even attempt to describe it, which should give us solace here on earth. We leave the glory to the Lord so that we can bring others into belief so that they also can share the promise of eternal life.

We'll spend plenty of time with David in the next month, and he won't be perfect. He'll make mistakes and do some downright awful things, but the Lord will never leave him, for the simple reason that David never left the Lord. Just as we disobey the Lord, we can always repent and ask for forgiveness, if we're truly penitent and have a contrite heart. We're very close to spending some serious time in David's (and other writer's) psalms, and we'll find many pearls of wisdom and beauty. As we read those words, we need to constantly remind ourselves that those words still speak directly to us today.

Scott