God looks at the human heart - Ahnsahnghong - Church of God

God looks at the human heart

Like Joseph, Daniel and Daniel's three friends, we should also live a blessed life. From heaven God watches us all the time. He sees not only our actions but also our hearts.

1 Sa 16:7 『But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."』

This happened when the prophet Samuel visited the house of Jesse to anoint one of his sons as the new king. When he saw Jesse's eldest son Eliab, he thought that Eliab was the one God had chosen to be king, because he was tall and handsome. However, God rejected him, saying, "Man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart."

God sees and knows everything about us—what kind of thought and mindset we have when we follow Him. So, those who have a crooked or distorted mind can never live a life blessed by God. We should honor God, being upright in heart through faith―being righteous in God's sight.

Pr 17:3 『The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.』

God tests our hearts every day in order to remove the impurities in our hearts one by one and to create us as the pure and blameless children of heaven like pure gold. We must not forget that God sees even the hidden things in our hearts as well as our deeds—whether good or evil.

Mt 15:7-9 『"You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.' "』

As stated above, there are people who acknowledge and honor God only with their lips. In the eyes of people, they may seem to believe in God, but God says that they do not really believe in Him.

In the case of Achan and Gehazi, they were also the people of Israel, who claimed to believe in God, but they denied God by their actions. Those who do not have correct faith in God but forsake God's will and continue to do evil while claiming to honor God—they can never be acknowledged by God as His people (Mt 7:21-23).


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