No Use Pretending
1 Samuel 16:7 (NLT)
But the Lord said to Samuel, “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.”
People judge other people by their appearance.
If judged incorrectly when desiring justice, the person is robbed of justice and gets victimized.
If judged correctly when wishing not, the person is robbed of privacy and gets victimized as well.
So, in order to avoid being judged either incorrectly or correctly, people put up a false front called pretense,
only to protect their true, precious self from being trampled.
But this personal armor of pretense has no use when it comes to God who looks at the heart.
No use pretending we're something when in fact we're not
or telling Him a story different from what's on our mind.
Since He knows exactly who and what we are, we'd better off being sincere with Him,
because He is for us, not against us.
Lord, make us willing to be an open book to you.