{"id":891,"date":"2020-06-14T16:13:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T21:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=891"},"modified":"2020-06-14T16:13:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T21:13:06","slug":"a-man-after-mine-own-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/14\/a-man-after-mine-own-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"A Man After Mine own Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cTherefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it<\/em> not, to him it is sin.<\/strong>\u201d
James 4:17 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

David is one of the most famous men in the Bible. God chose\nhim when he was young to be the future king of His people. Although King Saul chased\nDavid wanting to kill him, David followed God, and God took care of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When David became king, he was a great king. \u201cAnd all the people took notice of it,<\/em>\nand it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people<\/strong>\u201d\n(2 Samuel 3:36). We can read many\nplaces where David \u201cenquired of God.\u201d When David wasn\u2019t sure what God would\nhave him to do in a situation, he would enquire of God \u2013 and God would answer\nhim. \u201cAnd David went on, and grew\ngreat, and the LORD God of hosts was<\/em> with him<\/strong>\u201d (2 Samuel 5:10). The second book of Samuel is all about\nDavid\u2019s kingdom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone remembers David\u2019s great sin. If you remember, he\nwasn\u2019t where he was supposed to be. \u201cAnd\nit came to pass \u2026  at the time when kings\ngo forth to battle,<\/em> that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and\nall Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But\nDavid tarried still at <\/strong>Jerusalem<\/strong>\u201d\n(2 Samuel 11:1). It was at this time that he took Bathsheba, who wasn\u2019t his\nwife, and had her husband killed in battle. Although David knew this was\ncompletely wrong in every way, he did it anyway. \u201cAnd when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his\nhouse, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David\nhad done displeased the LORD<\/strong>\u201d (2 Samuel 11:27). What made things worse was that after he made\nBathsheba his wife, he continued in life as if nothing was wrong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God sent Nathan to speak to David. He told King David a story\nof man who took a beloved lamb from someone else that did not belong to him and\nkilled it. After hearing the story, \u201cAnd\nDavid’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As<\/em>\nthe LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing<\/em> shall surely die<\/strong>\u201d\n(2 Samuel 12:5). David recognized that this man had sinned and deserved death.\n\u201cAnd Nathan said to David, Thou art<\/em>\nthe man \u2026<\/strong>\u201d (2 Samuel 12:7a). Nathan proceeded to remind King David\njust what God had done for him, and his punishment for his great sin. \u201cAnd David said unto Nathan, I have sinned\nagainst the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy\nsin; thou shalt not die<\/strong>\u201d (2 Samuel 12:13).\nAlthough there were many consequences for this sin, because David immediately\nrepented of that sin, God forgave him. David truly had a heart of repentance,\nand we can read his prayer to the Lord in Psalm 51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What more does the Bible tell us about King David? \u201cAnd when he had removed him, he raised up\nunto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I\nhave found David the son<\/em> of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which\nshall fulfil all my will<\/strong>\u201d (Acts 13:22). Have you ever considered\nthat it might have been this moment in David\u2019s life that caused God to call him\n\u201ca man after mine own heart<\/strong>\u201d\nknowing that when David was confronted with his sin, he would immediately\nrepent? We know, \u201cFor all have\nsinned, and come short of the glory of God<\/strong>\u201d (Romans 3:23). However, read what David understood,\nlong before it was written, \u201cIf we\nconfess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our<\/em> sins, and to\ncleanse us from all unrighteousness<\/strong>\u201d (1 John 1:9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can understand that God forgave David. However, see how\ngreat of a forgiveness it was. David wrote Psalm 103, which tells of God\u2019s\ngreat forgiveness. \u201cAs far as the\neast is from the west, so<\/em> far hath he removed our transgressions from us<\/strong>\u201d\n(Psalm 103:12) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember what else God tells us of King David, \u201cOf this man’s seed hath God according to his<\/em> promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus<\/strong>\u201d (Acts 13:23). God sent, through the lineage of David, His only Son who came to die for man\u2019s sin \u2013 if only they would come to him in repentance and receive His forgiveness. \u201c6. Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon<\/strong>\u201d (Isaiah 55:6-7).\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you one who is after God\u2019s own heart? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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