Read 1 Samuel 16:1-13
In today's world it is so easy to be down on ourselves because we tend to compare our lives with other people's lives... if we aren't famous like one of our favorite movie stars or rock stars, or if we aren't as pretty or good looking as we think one of our friends is or if we don't have a car like one of our friends has... well, you get the picture... sometimes we feel less about ourselves because we don't measure up to what our society says is the measure of success: beauty, fame and fortune...
In Samuel's time, it was thought by people that good looks and wealth meant that God favored some people more than others... and when Samuel is sent to anoint Israel's new king, he saw Jesse's oldest son and just knew that this had to be the one that God would choose, because he was tall and good looking...
But that was not the case... in verse 7 we read: "...The LORD doesn't see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.'"
In fact, God's choice for Israel's new king was the youngest son, David... the one about whom it is said that he was a "man after God's heart".
Don't look down on yourself because you don't measure up to the world's standards... instead know that the LORD knows your heart and loves you!!
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