Don't let appearances fool you

Good day my people,

I went to the movies for the first time in a while last night and I did not see GI Joe (which I need to see asap) but it was this movie called The Getaway. Its that movie about the couple who went on a honeymoon to Hawaii and people were getting murdered on the island. Well the movie definitely wasn't what I thought it was going to be but it wasn't that bad. There were some unexpected twists and the primary twist was the inspiration behind for today's blog.

I'm not going to get into the movie just in case you want to go see it but I just want to remind everyone: DON'T LET APPEARANCES FOOL YOU

We all have this habit of judging people. We say that first impressions are everything and true enough they do matter but we should not let our first impressions of others be our lasting opinion (I think I just said something right there lol) Our judgments may be based on appearance or word choice or race or sexual preference or whatever else you can think of. I am guilty of this as well so I am definitely not excusing myself. What I want to encourage us to do is to search for the heart of the person. Look beyond the exterior. Search for the God in people.

In I Samuel 16, God sent Samuel on a journey to anoint the person that would replace Saul as king. God told Samuel that the person he would anoint would be a son of Jesse. Jesse presented his sons before Samuel and Samuel looked at Jesse's son Eliab and was sure that he was the one God chose. But God responded to Samuel in 1 Sam. 16:7 saying "Don't judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn't see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance but the Lord looks at the heart." Soon David would be anointed in front of his brothers. The youngest and the least expected.

We are charged to be Christ-like and imitators of God. Let us be like this in our relationships with other. Let us look beyond the outward appearance. Let us begin to look into the hearts of our brothers and sisters and appreciate and love them. Don't let appearances fool you, whether it is the homeless person on the corner or the CEO in the corner office. In our dealing with any person, move beyond the surface and search for their heart.

God Bless,

Rev