God Sees The Heart

With all the talk about “artificial intelligence,” maybe we need a return to real intelligence. 

It's interesting that President Trump seeks to dub it as “Super Intelligence,” as he embraces its strengths while being aware of its problems and weaknesses. 

Israel was looking for a king to lead them, because they were too hard-headed to simply follow God and His commandments (the wise thing to do!). This was around some 3,000 years ago. Samuel the prophet was trying diligently to help lead the people with directives from God. A very succinct truth was revealed during the exchange. 

1 Samuel 16.7
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him [God was passing over Saul for king]; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

We would do well to take this profound truth to heart, as we live in this time of so much information and confusion. 

Artificial intelligence is but a mechanical representation of what God has given us in our human capacities, the ability to figure stuff out based on what we already know. It can do it so much faster, and purportedly without the human foibles and quirks to interfere with it. But you can't get out of the machine anything someone hasn't put into it, no matter how “perfect” they are or how well they have programmed it. 

So, we're back to the human input. And God speaks to that limitation quite well. 

GOD DOES NOT SEE AS A MAN SEES, FOR MAN LOOKS AT THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE, BUT THE LORD LOOKS AT THE HEART. 

Maybe “they” should try to see more like God sees, rather than trying to be God while denying Him! That is a lesson as old as history!