Acts 13: 22After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: 'I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.'
A man after the Lord’s heart, if anything could be said about me on my death bed that one thing would be more than enough. The story of David is a great one indeed. No one could argue that David accomplished great things in the name of the Lord. However, David was not perfect., and that gives this recovering sinner a great deal of hope. David was very human, he made some great choices, and he made some bad ones of epic proportions. The same could be said for each of us aw well could it not? David’s story reminds each of us that God is not expecting perfection, He is expecting devotion. The Lord created us, He knows that we will make mistakes, He knows that we will stumble. The question that He needs an answer to, is will we recover? Will we pick ourselves up, and carry the cross that we have been given, or will we drop it on the side of the road and continue down the road without Him? That was David’s redeeming quality….he never gave up. He praised the Lord during his seasons of joy, and when his poor choices led him into a season of pain, David still continued to praise the Lord. David recognized his transgressions, and made it a point to rededicate his life to the Lord. If David, a man after the Lords heart was less than perfect, then what does that say about and for us? It tells us that we serve a great, and understanding God. It tells us that God does not see what man sees. Man looks to the outside, God looks within. It tells us that each one of us has the opportunity to be like David, each one of us has the opportunity to stop where we are right now, recognize our transgressions, and reconnect with the Lord. May each one of us find the strength to do just that, so that we too might be known as a person after the Lord’s own heart!
Have a great weekend,
God Bless,
Brian Thetford
The New
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