Episode Details

In a world that idolizes youth, success, and status, this episode reminds us that God sees far beyond appearances—He looks at the heart. Whether you're feeling overlooked due to age, forgotten in your circumstances, or unseen in your efforts, take comfort in this truth: God values what the world often ignores. Discover how to align your view of others—and yourself—with God’s heart-first perspective.

What You’ll Learn (Key Takeaways):

• Why age, appearance, and accomplishments don’t influence God’s love

• Biblical examples of how God used people powerfully at every stage of life

• What Scripture says about favoritism and how to avoid it

• How to cultivate a heart that God sees as fully committed to Him

• The freedom that comes from living for God’s approval, not the world’s applause

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Full Transcript Below:

It’s A Heart Matter

By Lynette Kittle

“But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart”--1 Samuel 16:7

Sometimes we might believe God’s love is like worldly love, where He loves the young and strong more than the older and weaker. But God doesn’t love like the world loves, or love us more in the prime of life, than when we advance in age.

He doesn’t practice ageism, but loves us as we grow, and even seems to celebrate and enjoy us as we age, like Proverbs 16:31 describes, “Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.”

As well, Proverbs 20:29, explains how, “The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old.”

Unlike some in society discard individuals as they age, God promises in Isaiah 64:4, “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”

In looking at individuals in the Bible, we see it is true, as God moved miraculously through those well past their 30s,40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and even older, men and women like Abraham and Sarah, Moses, Zechariah and Elizabeth, Simeon, and Anna to name a few.

God Looks Deeper

Just as age doesn’t determine God’s love for us, neither d