What Matters Most

You don’t think what's inside matters?  Take that pack of microwave popcorn off the shelf and see what happens. There’s just enough moisture in that envelope to respond to heat, rupturing into that wonderful snack!

 

God's Word says what's on the inside of me matters most!  One of my favorite Bible heroes is David and how God chose him to be king.  "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 a man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.' " (1 Samuel 16:7).  What a great spiritual principle for life!  Consider what we feed our minds that settles in our hearts.  It's a spiritual reality show: trash in - trash out.  How do you support David became that "man after God's own heart?" I doubt it came about by neglecting or ignoring God.  The Bible is full of David’s conversations with The Father confirming they spent lots of time together, which helped keep David’s heart pure and useful to God. There's always a few kernels that don't pop -- they're useless, real dump 'ems.  Because they lost enough of their moisture they never quite achieved their snack potential.  That describes what happens when we follow our deceitful hearts or we fail to guard our hearts – that’s when sin takes charge and renders us ineffective and useless for God.  Jesus said, “The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” (Luke 6:45).  Yes, the inside matters – God says it matters most!