God Knows

Today’s reading: Luke 16:1-18

“He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭16:15‬ ‭NIV‬‬

How we look.
How we feel.
These two things are how most of us make so many of our decisions.

Yet God is looking deeper. He is seeing all the way to the depths of who we are, our hearts.

What others externally value is detestable to God. The word for detestable here is bdelygma in the Greek and can also be translated as horror.

So what does God want? I think the words of Paul speak so we to this:

2 Corinthians 5:20–21 (ESV): Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Let’s let God teach us about looking and feeling. Let’s surrender to His agenda for all things, including money. 🤲💰