1 Samuel 13:14 “The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart.”
Have you asked the Lord lately what He wants? Have you taken the time to seek out and discover what is on His heart?
The Lord is looking for a man or a woman who is coming after His heart. So much of christian life today can be faked and our christian experience can turn into an exercise of who is the best actor. This story illustrates what can happen when we start judging things based on appearances:
“In 1884 a young man died, and after the funeral his grieving parents decided to establish a memorial to him. With that in mind they met with Charles Eliot, president of Harvard University. Eliot received the unpretentious couple into his office and asked what he could do. After they expressed their desire to fund a memorial, Eliot impatiently said, “Perhaps you have in mind a scholarship.” “We were thinking of something more substantial than that… perhaps a building,” the woman replied. In a patronizing tone, Eliot brushed aside the idea as being too expensive and the couple departed. The next year, Eliot learned that this plain pair had gone elsewhere and established a $26 million memorial named Leland Stanford Junior University, better known today as Stanford!”
You and I can miss out on so much when we start to think the natural is the main thing. So much goes on behind the scenes in our hearts and minds and the Lord sees all these things. May God give you the grace this week to ask Him what is on His heart!
By His Spirit,
Pastor Bill