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What do your thoughts reveal about your heart? That’s a sobering question—especially when we remember that God not only sees our actions, but also knows every thought we entertain. Proverbs reminds us that even sinful thoughts are an abomination to Him because, in a sense, our thoughts are words spoken before God. Of course, thoughts come into our minds all the time, even wrong ones. The real question is: What do we do with them? Do we entertain them… replay them… justify them… or reject them and turn our minds back toward what honors God? What we dwell on matters far more than we realize. And that connects directly to another important issue we see in today’s reading from 1 Samuel: perspective. When Samuel went to Jesse’s house to anoint Israel’s next king, he naturally focused on outward appearance. But God reminded him, “Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” Then in the very next chapter, we see two completely different ways of looking at the same problem. The Israelites saw Goliath and were overwhelmed with fear. David saw the same giant—but he viewed him in light of the greatness of God. And that raises an important question for us: How do we see the challenges in our own lives? Do we look at our problems in relation to ourselves… or in relation to God? Because one perspective leads to fear, anxiety, and doubt. The other leads to faith. Let’s take a closer look.
We're working our way through the book of Colossians in this series of posts. In this lesson, we'll look at one of the four elements of false teaching being espoused in Colossae, Jewish legalism, and how our union with Christ makes legalist requirements unnecessary.
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