God does not want to do-Part 2

God Looks at The Heart. We need to realize that God does not look at us as we look at one another. He looks right down into the innermost depths of our hearts.

God does not look at our outward appearances; He looks at our hearts. At the same time, the Lord does not want us to regard Him merely by outward appearance or external attributes. God wants us to receive Him for Himself, without regard to His tremendous qualities of power, riches, or wisdom.

God does not want to be wanted for what we can get from Him; rather, He wants to be wanted for Himself. He arranges situations and circumstances in the lives of every one of us that put us to this test: are we seeking God and believing in Him because of what we get or because of God Himself?

What does God look for in our hearts?

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit.(Psalm 34:18)

God is looking for those who are broken and crushed.

Though the Lord is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar. (Psalm 138:6)

God looks for people who are humble. Proud people really do not have access to God.

For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.(Isaiah 57:15)

According to the above verse even though God is high and majestic, and even though He inhabits eternity (His dwelling place), He has one other dwelling place of choice. He lives also with him who is contrite and humble in spirit —those who are not proud, arrogant, self-confident, or self-reliant, but being genuinely sorry for wrongdoing. Many people do wrong and suffer unpleasant consequences. Although they want to get out of the consequences, they are not truly sorry for their wrongdoing.

God does not really want to consider those people. He wants to engage with people who not only want to get out of the consequences, but also are sorry for the wrongdoing that brought them to those consequences.

Jesus illustrates what a contrite heart looks like in Luke 18:10–14.The humble repentance that God desires is contrasted with self-righteousness in the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. The prayer of the proud Pharisee did not reach the heart of God, but the humble cry of the repentant sinner brought forgiveness. They both needed mercy, but only the contrite heart was in a position to receive it.