God calls His own.

In my devotions today I was reading in Luke 5:27-31 on the calling of Matthew.  I love this story because it speaks so much to the heart of God.  It speaks of how God looks at the heart and not the exterior of man.  Today people are so focus on appearance, and the exterior they forget the real beauty of a person is what is one the inside.  The latest fads, diets, makeup and appearance issues is what is being pushed at people everyday.  The Bible teaches that what is in the heart is the real issues of life.  God sees our heart and what we can become not what we are right now.  God when He called Gideon saw what Gideon was going to become not what he was at the time.  The Lord called him a mighty man of valour long before he had even picked up a sword or fought a battle.  God saw Matthew that day on the seashore not as a tax collector but one day as the writer of one of the books of the Bible.  He saw Matthw the apostle, not Matthew the sinner.  What do you see when you look at people.  Do you see their good and the potential for God or do you just see the exterior.  I encourage you to always look at the heart first.  Some of the most so called beautiful people are the ugliest creatures because of their hearts.  Beauty is not measure by skin, weight or clothing, it is measured by what comes out in the pressures of life.  Be beautiful for God by working on your heart.