God, God, What Do You See…
Psalm 139:23-24 (Amplified Bible)
23Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
24And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Last week Thursday I went to my God daughter Jaida’s Christmas program. It was very entertaining. Jaida’s little class of “terrific two year olds” did a rendition of the poem, or story, if you will of “Brown Bear, Brow Bear what do you see,” but their teacher changed it to people and items associated with Christmas. As she held up each picture the children would say for example, “Reindeer, Reindeer what do you see, I see,” and then the children would name the item that was looking at them in the picture…It was priceless to see some of the children’s enthusiastic rendition. As I reflected later on that night it hit me strong in my spirit, God, God what do you see, when it is that you are looking at me? I began to think what is it that God sees when He looks straight through the outer me to the inner recess of whom I really am.
It is amazing to me that we can see an image of someone and draw a conclusion and perception just based upon what they look like or what they do for a living, what kind of clothes they wear or the type of job they have. But God could care less about that. He is looking to what is in our hearts, what is the very soul of us made of. The Bible says in Psalms 119:11 “Your word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against You.” What is it that God is seeing in us, is it His word, His ways, His character, His joy, His peace, His love and obedience towards Him? Or when He looks is seeing our will, our unforgiveness, our bitterness, our choices, our disobedience, and our priorities? I often wondered how Mary become “Highly Favored,” It was because when God looked inside of her He saw something that allowed Him to know that Mary would be the right choice to carry the Savior and be entrusted to be a parent as He aspired to and grew to His God ordained destiny. Could this have been any of us? I must confess I do not think it could have been me.
Today as you enter a new day, a new moment, in this season of giving ask God what is it that He sees, you might be surprised and what you find out. God needs vessels that He can deposit His will into that will show forth His reflection and be obedient to carry out the task no matter how it may look to others as long as it looks right to Him. Isn’t it time to give all of you over to all of Him, for His glory? You see God already knows what lies within us; He has only been waiting on an opportunity to reveal it to us, so we can make the changes necessary to be the one that He finds favor in and can use to carry out His story…
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