"A Heap Sees, but a Few Knows”

 

I used to hear older people say, “A heap sees, but a few know.” I didn’t fully understand what it meant then, but I definitely understand it better now. Lately, I’ve been hearing this in my spirit. I haven’t heard anyone say it in a very long time, but there is so much truth to this old saying. It implies that those on the outside looking in have no clue what others are going through. To illustrate, it’s like looking at the exterior of a beautiful, picture-perfect home and not knowing that it could very well be a house of horror. Hence, people will judge, condemn, lie on you, and draw false conclusions about you because they do not know your heart or the entire story, which only God Almighty knows and can judge. One day, I heard a preacher say, “The other half has never been told.” YES indeed! There are many sides to a story, but only the LORD and those involved truly know the TRUE story. If I told the whole truth, people wouldn’t be able to handle or accept it. All of the details will be saved for the big screen. Apparently, things can appear to be one way, but nothing is ever quite like it seems to be. Another saying I used to hear is, “All that glitters is not gold.” People are on the outside looking in: In particular, the Lord has blessed me with His abundant and extravagant joy and peace. People see me laughing through difficult times, grief, challenges, and suffering, but it’s all Him. Amidst my storms, His indwelling Spirit brings me tremendous joy and peace that surpasses all human understanding. All Glory to the MOST-HIGH GOD, the GOD of ISRAEL! I have nothing to do with it; it’s available to everyone, and that’s the beauty of it all. It will cost you something to have this kind of experience. Spending less time on the phone, texting, or social media and spending more time in His presence or studying the Bible is the answer. There is a price that most people are unwilling to pay; however, sacrifices must be made. You can’t do what you want anymore. Certain temptations, things, people, situations, and relationships must be rejected. Your YES to the Lord JESUS will cost you your life and will. Your life is no longer your own. In Luke 14, the Scripture tells us to count the cost. God stated that He would rather you be hot or cold and that if you are lukewarm, He will spit you out of His mouth. “So, because you are lukewarm (spiritually useless), and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth [rejecting you with disgust]” (Revelation 3:16 AMP). “He alone gives beauty for ashes, joy for mourning and praise for heaviness” (Isaiah 61:3). I don’t know about anybody else, but let me tell you the truth, I can’t face the day, tomorrow, or my future without YAHSHUA Hamashiach (Jesus Christ) of NAZARETH! God has brought me peace amid my storms, as only He can! Alleluia! Even after you have helped, blessed, and showed them the love of Christ, some individuals will despise and dislike you for no reason. This is demonic. However, we know that they hated Jesus and that all He did was save and help others. If you claim to be a Christian yet lack love, I’m sorry to break the news to you; you don’t know the God of the Bible, and you don’t belong to Him. 1 John 4:7-9 - Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.… The other day, I watched a movie about a mother who raised her two sons single-handedly. The father abandoned them, so she had to work two jobs to make ends meet. There were days when she fed her children without herself eating. She would go on different dates, but they would leave once they discovered she was a single mother. There were two scenes where she had a knife and was contemplating suicide, and in another, she was dealing with depression to the point that she couldn’t get out of bed. That could be you or me; in fact, all I could think of was God’s amazing, supernatural, and extravagant grace. I thank God for the promise of the precious gift of the Holy Ghost, our Comforter! I feel like shouting and dancing right now. Later in the movie, one of her sons becomes wealthy and famous. Unfortunately, many individuals will never understand or appreciate the sacrifices made by those who have achieved a certain level of success. They are just interested in the glitz and glamour. To that effect, they are blind to the anguish, suffering, and sacrifices that certain people endure behind closed doors, but God sees everything (Jehovah Roi). For the most part, I am a living witness and can testify that He will always bring restoration, restitution, recompense, and blessings and give us double for our trouble. This is from first-hand experience, not what I heard or read. So, how can someone pass judgment, speak harshly about others, or look down on them? God is watching and listening, and you will be held accountable for your actions. Your deeds will be returned back to you. I suggest you repent and turn away from this foolishness. Be careful. This is not the time for such folly, especially in these trying times we are experiencing. Things can appear one way but be totally different from what you may see. Many people lack discernment and need to pray for it. What is discernment? Discernment is defined as keen perception or judgment; insight; the ability to judge well. Some people might call it the ability to size people up. Many are fooled, tricked, and misled by the outer appearances of individuals with their crooked smiles. These good actors can appear innocent and pitiful with their foul, filthy hearts. They fool many but can’t fool the one, true, living, holy, and righteous GOD who will judge them for their evil ways. If that is you, again, I urge you to repent (ask God for forgiveness and stop your wickedness). Some base their opinions of you on what they have heard others say, yet they don’t know anything about you. They don’t have a relationship with you and don’t even talk to you or try to get to know you. Many have missed out on their blessing because of their preconceived notions about a person. Pray for a keen discernment so that you won’t be fooled! To summarize, don't pass judgment on someone if you don't know the truth about them, their circumstances, or enough facts about their story. That is dumb, ignorant, and messy, and God is displeased with this sort of behavior. This is why some are going through the same mess year after year. Check out this blog that I came across during my research which pretty much sums it all up: Beloved, just know that often times other people’s lives seem to be so much more exciting, so much more joyful, and so much more wonderful than our so-called hum drum lives; but that is not the case. People can see the outside of a situation but only the folk on the inside know what the real deal is. That spouse seems to be so much more loving than your spouse because what is reflected to the world is such a nice, sweet, caring, and tender-hearted person when in reality, that individual may be mean, hateful, uncaring, harsh and evil spirited. The other spouse knows who they really are; the kids know who they really are, and some acquaintances really know them, but you only know what you see. In public, they dote on their loved ones; in public they have the latest gadgets (cars, phones, clothes, etc.); in public they seem like God’s greatest gift. The house is spotless; the yard is manicured; the parties they throw are off the chain; they have the latest hair styles, jewelry, televisions, movies, and the like. The kids are in the most prestigious schools that money can buy. The pets even have their pet care appointments. Oh, how you wish your life was like theirs. Well hold on a minute there, partner! Heap sees; but, few know! Are you certain that what you see is what you want? That house may be a house of horrors. Every day there is an uncovering in the world. People that you would never think had issues are having their issues revealed. Do you really want what you see? On the news you can unmistakably hear the words, “They seemed like such good people – no one would ever suspect them of doing that!” Looking at the life you have and thinking that a mistake has been made is a slap in your own face. You have decided that the decisions that you made were not worthy and the choices you made about loving your spouse was erroneous. If your spouse loves you as you are, you are blessed. If your children adore the very moment you step in their presence, you are blessed. If your house is paid for or your mortgage is being paid and your financial needs are being met, you are blessed. If you have friends and they delight in you and you in them, you are blessed. If you are thinking otherwise, what does that say about you? Stop looking over the fence at someone else’s field. You don’t know what’s really going on! It looks good; it sounds like fun; everything seems to be sparkling; all seems to be well; but watch out “Sin is crouching at the door!” Genesis 4:7 Thinking someone else’s offering or life gift is better - opens the door up for sin. While you are lusting for their life, your life is slipping by. While you are admiring their children, your children are growing up feeling unloved. While you are grieving over someone else’s house, your house is falling apart. It takes work to work a marriage. It takes work to raise a child. It takes work to maintain a household. It takes work and a lot of it. If someone’s life is worthy of emulation, it’s because they put in sweat equity. You had better believe that they are worker bees and they will stand united to protect their investment. Be faithful over a few things and watch God give you authority over much more. If you keep pursuing someone else’s everything, you just may get what you ask for: an abuser, a cheat, an alcoholic, a debtor, a pornographer, a whoremonger, a liar, etc. You will never prosper trying to tear down another person’s life. You won’t get the good; you will get the bad. Remember the scripture, “Reap what you sow?” What has God blessed you with? Peace in your home? Now you want to upset that peace with something else? Has He given you obedient children? Now you expose your children to your greedy spirit and then all hell breaks out in your house. Do you have a job with benefits? Now you want a career where there is a “cut throat” policy in place. They don’t like you and you can’t stand them, but you are getting paid – even though you can’t sleep at night and your hair is falling out. What is this life but a vapor? Lusting after something better (you think) is such a waste of your time when God has already blessed you with greater. Father’s Word says, “You want things, but you cannot have them, so you are ready to kill; you strongly desire things, but you cannot get them, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have what you want because you do not ask God for it.” James 4:2