Word for Today.........You've Got The Look
Scripture: Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Outward appearance......
Many times as I was growing up, being raised in a strict Christian home, I was told that I had to "look" holy even if I wasn't holy. The thought was "act it until you become it." Now that I have come to have a REAL relationship with God, that teaching doesn't apply. When we have the appearance of being holy and yet not have the holiness within, it causes us to be as the Pharisees of Jesus' day......HYPOCRITES!!! The scribes and the Pharisees were so busy focusing on the outward appearance of holiness, that they neglected their practice of holiness. When Jesus' truth came to them and showed the light of truth upon them, their religious outward lifestyle was lacking a great deal. Jesus didn't say that all of their religious practices were unnecessary, but religious practices should not replace true relationship. Many times we get caught up in service FOR God and leave out being servant TO God. God told Samuel concerning David when he was looking for the next king to anoint...."for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart."
Take a moment to search your own heart. What does your heart look like?
Comments
Keep up the great work on your blog. Best wishes WaltDe
Posted by: WaltDe | August 31, 2006 09:42 PM