GOD LOOKS AT THE HEART

“But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.’” – 1 Samuel 16:7  

 

Deidre Davis was an alcoholic and a drug addict living in Chicago. At rock bottom and near desperation, she enrolled at the Resurrection House, an alcohol and drug treatment center begun by Marcus and Mattie Randle. The Randles are Christians and often invited Deidre to their nearby church. Occasionally she’d accept.

After she left the Resurrection House and the program was complete, she would be tempted—like many other recovering addicts—to cut ties with those who had helped. But she never did. God kept drawing her back to the house and the Randles. When she found out the couple was starting a church at the house, she came for the very first service. She accepted Christ and was never the same again.

Deidre believes God did what no program could have done—He rescued her from her addiction.

“I know it was only the power of God. No human power could have alleviated this addiction” she said. 

After Deidre began a relationship with Christ through the ministry of the Randles, Mattie began to teach her what it means to have a relationship with Christ. Today, Deidre teaches a class on prayer at the Resurrection House church.

 

The Lord continually is looking for men and women, boys and girls that have a heart for Him. Today in prayer, give Jesus your heart and fully serve Him.

 

“Let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average.” – A.W. Tozer

 

God’s Word: “then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive and act; deal with each man according to all he does, since you know his heart (for you alone know the hearts of all men)” – 1 Kings 8:39