The Chase
External beauty, talent, and skills are just that . . . external. When you chase after externals, then you get just that . . . externals. Jeremiah 17:10 I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds. Psalm 44:21 Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. 1 Samuel 16:5 Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. 6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.” 12 So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah. But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”