Daily Devotional
Be Encouraged By What God Sees In You
Text: 1 Samuel 16:7, 12
“But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:12 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!”
Message
Jacob looked at Joseph and saw a good son! The ten brothers looked at Joseph and saw a useless dreamer!
The travelers looked at Joseph and saw a slave!! Potiphar looked at Joseph and saw a fine servant!!
Potiphar’s wife looked at Joseph and saw a potential boyfriend! The prison officers saw in Joseph a prisoner!
How wrong were all of them! God looked at Joseph and saw a Prime Minister of Egypt in waiting!!
Don’t be discouraged by what people see in you!! Be encouraged by what God sees in you!!
Never underrate the person next to you because you never know what the Lord has deposited in that person. Your maid may be a Chief Executive Officer in waiting for a company which shall employ your child. Your garden-boy may be a president in waiting.
Remember David got the anointing of becoming a King while he was a simple child herding sheep. Jesse saw in David a good for shepherd boy but God saw in David a King over his chosen race.
Esther was a simple orphaned girl yet she was a Queen in waiting which she became.
Let’s share God’s love and make the world a better place to live.
Show that love by sharing this message with those you love and be at peace and encouraged with what God sees in you.
Shalom.