"For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart."
2 Corinthians 5:12
I was thinking about this appearance and heart comparison, and it feels like a really easy trap to fall into if we don't specifically work at it. We are these eternal beings whose spirits existed before this life, and we must have been valued for who we were, spiritually, then, and known the value of what we think of as the "inside" of a person, rather than the external appearance, but a byproduct of having these bodies is a whole different perspective. We often use "see" and other vision words when we mean "understand," equating the two things when they are absolutely not equivalent. Our eyes, like the rest of our bodies, can distract us from what is really important.
One way to "see" past our external bias is to focus on the Lord and work to stay in tune with the Spirit. God can help us to understand and value the things that are true and important in the world, beyond the visual/external layer, because "the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart" (1 Samuel 16:7). Today, let's pray and work on learning from God how to do the same.
No comments:
Post a Comment