I Don't Need to Be Like Everyone Else

12–15 minutes

Center · Stillness

Settle in

Put the phone down. Take one slow breath, and say: “God, I am here. Speak, I am listening.”

Read · The passage

Scripture

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider 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.”

1 Samuel 16:7, BSB

Learn · Reflection

Reflection

I Don't Need to Be Like Everyone Else

Talk · Conversation

Talk about it

If God looks at the heart and not at appearances, what does He see in you that people have not noticed yet?

Thank · Gratitude

Give thanks

Today I thank God for seeing what is inside me, even when nobody calls my name.

Ask · Prayer

Pray together

God, You chose David out in the field, far from anyone's eyes. Help me stop trying to look like everyone else just to be accepted.

Begin · Application

Carry it into the day

Today, compliment someone on a quality of their heart, not on the way they look.

Scripture quoted from the Berean Standard Bible. Public domain (CC0)