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Our Heavenly King

1 Samuel 16:12 So he sent and had him brought in.  He was ruddy, with a  fine appearance and handsome features.  Then the Lord said, "Rise and anoint him; he is the one."

This verse from David's anointing seems to be contradictory to what God tells Samuel in the verses before, "Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."  God chooses David and you look at his description, which is all about his outward appearance.  I think this just confirms how upside down God can be at times.  After the statement about looking at the heart, you would have thought that his outward appearance wouldn't have been anything amazing.  However, an earthly king needs to be able to captivate his servants and David was able to do that.  David had several moments when he really should have been removed from the throne.  However, the people of Israel were enamored with him and David always made himself right with God.  This made him the perfect choice as the earthly King of Israel.  When we look forward to Jesus.  There was nothing about him to attract us…hmm…God looks at the heart…hmm…God could not have made Jesus with a fine appearance because we would have been attracted to him on an earthly level.  Jesus was not meant to be our earthly king, even though many thought he was.  Jesus is our Heavenly King.  We need to be attracted to Jesus on a heart level, as the verse says.  Our King, Jesus, sent from God, is the manifestation of the verse, "Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."  Glory to Him who is our eternal King!

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