But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you."
(1Sa 13:14)
I love this verse. I know that many of you know it well, and realize that God was referring to David here. It gives youu a glimpse into what God is looking for in the men and women that He uses.
It tells us that the Lord had sought… he had searched out and looked hard to find a certain kind of man. This man that He was searching for was one who was ready to be a commander over the Lord’s people, a man who would be like the Lord as he fulfilled that duty. God is still seeking and searching for men like this today… We are told elsewhere in the scriptures that the eyes of the Lord are going to and fro throughout the earth, looking for men whose hearts are perfect towards Him.
What the Lord found was a man with a HEART LIKE HIS. His heart reflected the heart of God. It broke for the things God’s heart broke for. It was overjoyed by the things that brought joy to the Lord’s heart. It beat to the rhythms of love, mercy, grace, and forgiveness just like the Lord’s did. The Lord found this man in a singing shepherd, a young boy who spent much of his time alone with the sheep, singing to God and meditating on Him.
How does one get a heart like the Lord’s? I think the answer is in the verse. God had chosen a man that was AFTER His own heart. I think we can read this to mean that he not only had a heart like God’s, but that he was chasing after God’s heart. David wanted to know the heart of God, He wanted his heart to be shaped and molded to look just like the Lord’s. David was a man who PURSUED GOD. He wanted to be like the Lord, He meditated on His word day and night, He talked to Him when he rose, and when he laid down. The Lord was everything to David, and David began looking more and more like the Lord.
You want to be a man or woman with a heart like the Lord? Be a man or woman who is chasing after God’s heart!
3 comments:
Today I will strive to be a person after God's own heart!
Imagine the feeling you would get if God called you a man or woman after His own heart. That would be an amazing feeling.
Awesome video that youth leader was. I just found this blog about a moth ago and I have been reading several DEVOS a day, this is one cool Youth Leader video, when is the next one coming out? I think I will just skip to where y'all are now so I can be "up with the times", as they say.
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