FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29
“The
Lord does not look at the things man looks at.” 1 Sa 16:7 NIV
GET GOD’S OPINION! (1)
David’s father didn’t think he was qualified to be
Israel’s next king. So when Samuel came looking for a successor to King Saul,
he presented his oldest son Eliab, who was a general in the army. Samuel was
impressed. “Samuel saw Eliab and thought, ‘Surely the Lord’s anointed stands
here…’ But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not consider his appearance or his
height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t not look at the things man
loos at. Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart’”
(vv. 6-7 NIV). When it comes to your life’s calling, only one opinion counts—God’s!
In order to fulfill his destiny, David had to overcome his family’s opinion of
him. One author writes, “Any time you see people pursuing a mid-life career
change, you can almost be certain that they have been living someone else’s
dream and they have lost their way.” Novel Prize winner for literature Joseph
Brodsky observed, “One’s task consists first of all in mastering a life that is
one’s own, not imposed or prescribed from without, no matter how noble its
appearance may be, for each of us is issued but one life, and we know full well
how it all ends. It would be regrettable to squander this one chance on someone
else’s appearance someone else’s experience.” It’s not too late to become what
God wants you to be, and do what He wants you to do. If you’ve been living
somebody else’s dream, ask God for a dream of your own and He will give it to
you.”
Taken
from the Word for you Today devotional
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