It's All Over Your Face

1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

Have you ever heard someone say, "It's all in how you look at things"? This is so true! Let's look this morning at two different views. You may think that we are going to discuss the glass half full and the glass half empty scenario, but we aren't. We are going to look at how God sees us and how we see each other.

First of all let's look at how God views us. Our scripture this morning tells us that He looks upon the heart of man. God bypasses our looks, strength and position in life and goes straight to the heart. God even knows the intent of our hearts. That could be scary for some of us, but it could also be amazing for us as well. Why? Because God is not concerned with our status but rather our condition. The Israelites chose Saul to be a king over them but man did they ever pick the wrong guy.

Lastly, look at how we view people. We look on their appearance. Did you read that right? God looks on the heart, He can because He is God, and we look on the appearance. So God looks on the inside and we look on the outside. God knows that if the inside is pure and holy that the outside will reflect what is on the inside. So we see opposite as God. We should look for purity and holiness on the outside of men and women because this would be a reflection on what is on the inside of them.

Have you ever thought, "I wonder if people know I'm a Christian?" Well if you were reflecting what Christ has done inside of you through the working of the Holy Ghost then people could see it. How else are we gonna know you are saved if you don't show it? We can't look inside the heart remember? I love it when people say, "You don't know my heart!" Yes we do... It's all over your face.