Looks can be deceiving

Published January 24, 2018

Looks can be deceiving.

How many times, my Beloved Sisters, have we missed God’s best for us because we ignored the wisdom of those words?

“But oh he is just so fine! And those dreamy eyes!
Who can resist them! I know he’s my soulmate!”

No, he is not!

Soul mate? Wait a minute! Think before you leap!

Yes, he is “hot” and all that. The way he looks is so irresistible! His packaging, Flawless! Everything about him tells you that he works out. Yes, he definitely works hard for that body! So Polished. So groomed. Eye candy, undeniably.

And the way he smells. That delicious scent of that man, well, it drives you wild!

And his speech, well, there’s never been a man that makes you feel the way you feel when he says what he says. Oh, he’s a gifted orator; a masterful wordsmith; that goes without saying. But the eloquent words coming out of his mouth … words that make you lower your standards and forget everything that you are, they flow not from a pure heart but from a pool of stool.

Don’t be deceived. Don’t be naive. And don’t be so desperate for a man!

You need to look closer and beyond the image; beyond the artificial, the superficial and listen more intensely, more intentionally. Hear deeper; hear past the sugar-coated, honey-dripping words that so easily arrests you and undresses you. Don’t just admire the packaging, examine the fruit.

Wake up, Sister Girlfriend!
Don’t be taken in by this smooth operator.

He’s shining … but he’s lying!

Don’t be in a hurry to jump headlong into another relationship. Slow down. Stop. Be on your guard. Listen. Really listen. And if you take the time to really get to know him, you just might discover that all that shines ain’t gold. And that too much sugar rots your teeth. Remember what Jesus said in Luke 6:45, “… out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.”

So let him keep talking! And as he is talking, examine the fruit of his lips; his sweet words just might reveal the real evil that his heart is so full of.

“A good man brings good things out of the good
stored up in his heart,
and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil
stored up in his heart.

For the mouth speaks
what the heart is full of.”

Don’t lose your bearings, precious Woman of God. Remember who you are. Remember You Are Royalty! And remember that the only man that you should be desperate for and the only man that you can trust wholly with your heart is JESUS, The Man Who valued you so much that He died for you. Yes, remember Him and the everlasting, relentless, unconditional love that He has for phenomenal You. Remember that He has no hidden agenda. He has no ulterior motives. His thoughts are pure toward you and He only has your good in mind.

Yes, remember who You Are and remember Your Value and Your Worth.

But most of all … Remember to Wait on the Lord. He can save you from a good-looking, fast-talking, smooth operator who is out to entrap you, ensnare you and destroy you.

Wait on the Lord, for He is The One Who can save you from unnecessary pain, anguish and shame!

Please remember that gifted makeup artists and skillful plastic surgeons can be masterful illusionists. So don’t be moved by how fantastic their finished products are. Don’t be fooled by the outer appearances.

It’s not what the man looks like on the outside;
it’s who he is on the inside!

My Beautiful Sisters … We naturally and so easily look at the outside but only GOD sees and knows the heart. And HE knows precisely what and who is best for Accepted-in-the-Beloved You. So again, I say … Wait on the LORD!

“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.”
– Isaiah 40:31

Looks can be deceiving