The Heart

Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:7
The Lord does not look at the things people look at.  People looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.

Observations:

Application:
Yesterday, the Lord showed me how "filtered" I really am.  I realized that I don't even know exactly where my filter stops and my real self begins.  I asked the Lord to start pealing away the filters and making me more real.  And that's my prayer again this morning.  I pray that He just continues to work on my heart.

Reading this verse this morning, I was reminded that God knows exactly what my real self looks like.  He looks at me and sees my heart… with no filter.  But that begs the question, "What do you see when you look at my heart, God?"  I need the filters removed from my own eyes.  I need to see myself as the Lord sees me.  David prayed in Psalm 51:10, "Create in my a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me."  It is God who works on the heart.  When I try to clean myself up, I end up with a clean filter, not a clean heart.

I honestly don't think the Lord is showing me anything ground-breaking or new this morning because I just need to keep resting in him, letting him clean up my heart, letting him remove my filters.  I don't have a lot to say because I need to listen… which, filters down, I am terrible at!

Prayer:
Lord, you are awesome!  I want a heart that is fully set on you.  Clean me up, Lord.  Continue to strip away filters.  Help me to listen…

In Jesus' name…
Amen