Inside-Out Living

INSIDE-OUT LIVING – “We want a king!” How God chooses and uses people.

“Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” This is what God told the prophet Samuel when Samuel was seeking to identify who would be the next king of Israel. Saul, whom the Lord had rejected, sure looked like a king. He was almost a foot taller than any of the other men in Israel. Pretty impressive looking.

Our tendency is to focus on the externals, but God looks much deeper. He is interested in who we are and how we are under the surface.

In this story of the choice and anointing of David as King of Israel, we see that God’s vision of us, both of our PRESENT REALITY and of our FUTURE POTENTIAL, is the truest thing about us. As we “acquire His eyes and His heart” through a real relationship with Jesus Christ, and as we follow Him and allow Him to progressively change us, we truly begin to live and to fulfill His awesome calling on our lives. We begin to look at ourselves and at others the way God does; potential or real “kings and queens,” co-regents of the King of Kings, beloved children of God….., world changers!