Medium Raw

I like steak; not that I eat it that often but I really do like it. Now, as most people who like steak, I like mine prepared a certain way. You have those who like their steak passed over the flame and served raw; that's not for me. My steak can have a little pink in the middle but it has to be warm and very little.

I ordered a steak medium well once, but when I received it, it was medium well. Now, the outside looked like it had been prepared as I had requested. BUT, when I cut into it, it was definitely not medium well, it was medium raw.

Today's word is 1 Samuel 16:7b, NIV, which reads, "...The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

Just as my steak outwardly appeared to be exactly what I had requested, many folks put on a false front appearing to be everything they should be. Now, I am not pointing fingers; I, too, have failed miserably. However, there are lots of people being deceived by others who outwardly appear to be GOD-fearing, GOD-believing, GOD-serving, BUT, if you cut into them, you find that they are not done - they are raw.

We have to be careful not to allow our eyes to tempt us into believing something is what it isn't. We have to allow GOD to give us discernment to determine if what we are seeing is what is real. Because, as we mentioned, there are lots of people deceiving others by putting on a great outward appearance, while the inside is not up to par. And, I don't mean my standards, I mean GOD'S.

Don't just look at the outward appearance. Cut with the Sword of the Truth and make sure they are medium well and not medium raw.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T