Look With the Heart
“People judge others by what they look like, but I judge people by what is in their hearts.” – 1 Samuel 16:7, CEV.
Last February 14 this year I ran my first 5-km. run at Luneta. “Run for the Heart” was sponsored by the Filipino-Chinese business community as part of their celebration of the Chinese New Year.
He's Overweight, And He Overtook Me
During that run, I have got to see a lot of different people. Since it’s only a fun run and not a serious marathon, not all participants are really athlete or physically fit to be called an athlete. Just like me. I’m just there to run and to have fun (well from the event itself, “fun-run”). On the 3-km U-turn sign, a large-built man, having a belly of a 5-months pregnant woman (I’m exaggerating), stands at about 5 feet 10 inches and maybe close to weigh 300 pounds overtook me.
I let him pass. I’m not there to compete to anyone anyway.
I finished my first 5-km run at 34 minutes and ranked 307th among all the 5-km runners.
Just like me, most people judge others by what they see outside. They criticize and mock others as if they are perfect and with no defect. They can easily say “He’s overweight he can’t run any 21-km marathon”. “He’s not an accounting graduate he can’t do any bookkeeping.” and so on.
But God is different. He never looked on the outside but rather on the inside. God always looks what’s in a man’s heart; his motive; his inner self.
The Boy Will Soon Be The King
Samuel commits the same mistake when God commission him to bless the next king. At first sight he was sure it was Eliab who will be the next king (1 Samuel 16:6) but he was wrong.
Among all of Jesse’ sons, David who is the youngest of them all, who was just a little kid taking care of his father’s sheep at that time but later on will have all the courage and determination to stand for the Lord to face Goliath in a duel is God’s chosen one.
Our motives are important to God. We may see ourselves ready and prepared for a much bigger challenge, a much bigger responsibility. Or maybe we may think we have grown smart and we can outsmart others. But God will then examine your motives, look at you in the heart and will never put you on ground where you cannot stand.
“We humans make plans, but the Lord has the final word. We may think we know what is right, but the Lord is the judge of our motives.” Proverbs 16:1-2, CEV.
In HIM
Jobie P. Doblado
P.S.
Quit judging. You are no good to anyone.
Last February 14 this year I ran my first 5-km. run at Luneta. “Run for the Heart” was sponsored by the Filipino-Chinese business community as part of their celebration of the Chinese New Year.
He's Overweight, And He Overtook Me
During that run, I have got to see a lot of different people. Since it’s only a fun run and not a serious marathon, not all participants are really athlete or physically fit to be called an athlete. Just like me. I’m just there to run and to have fun (well from the event itself, “fun-run”). On the 3-km U-turn sign, a large-built man, having a belly of a 5-months pregnant woman (I’m exaggerating), stands at about 5 feet 10 inches and maybe close to weigh 300 pounds overtook me.
I let him pass. I’m not there to compete to anyone anyway.
I finished my first 5-km run at 34 minutes and ranked 307th among all the 5-km runners.
Just like me, most people judge others by what they see outside. They criticize and mock others as if they are perfect and with no defect. They can easily say “He’s overweight he can’t run any 21-km marathon”. “He’s not an accounting graduate he can’t do any bookkeeping.” and so on.
But God is different. He never looked on the outside but rather on the inside. God always looks what’s in a man’s heart; his motive; his inner self.
The Boy Will Soon Be The King
Samuel commits the same mistake when God commission him to bless the next king. At first sight he was sure it was Eliab who will be the next king (1 Samuel 16:6) but he was wrong.
Among all of Jesse’ sons, David who is the youngest of them all, who was just a little kid taking care of his father’s sheep at that time but later on will have all the courage and determination to stand for the Lord to face Goliath in a duel is God’s chosen one.
Our motives are important to God. We may see ourselves ready and prepared for a much bigger challenge, a much bigger responsibility. Or maybe we may think we have grown smart and we can outsmart others. But God will then examine your motives, look at you in the heart and will never put you on ground where you cannot stand.
“We humans make plans, but the Lord has the final word. We may think we know what is right, but the Lord is the judge of our motives.” Proverbs 16:1-2, CEV.
In HIM
Jobie P. Doblado
P.S.
Quit judging. You are no good to anyone.
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