David and his God

Good morning, everyone. Open up your Bibles, your copy of God's Word to 1 Samuel, chapter 16.

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! Today, if you're here for the first time or haven't been back in a while, like perfect timing, we're about to start a new series that will last anywhere from six to seven weeks on the life of King David.

And I've been very excited about this. David is one of my favorite Bible characters, always kind of has been one of the most intriguing men that we read about in the Scripture, for sure.

His character in the Scripture is very, very worth our time looking at and studying and learning from.

So, oddly enough, I mean, I'm not surprised to hear this, but the life of David is mentioned or recorded roughly 66 chapters of the Divine Word.

That's more than Abraham, more than Moses, more than Joseph, more than Isaiah, a lot.

He's also mentioned about 59 times just in the New Testament alone, so a huge, daunting thing.

So, God definitely, without question, when God brings something back up over and over and over, He wants us to learn from His providential interactions with David.

And the things that He accomplished through him were immense.

Just to give you a really quick rundown, this is not even half of what you could say,

but He united all the twelve tribes of Israel, and He brought them together into a single kingdom, which is no easy task.

He conquered Jerusalem, and He made Jerusalem the capital of Israel's political and spiritual life.

He defeated all of Israel's enemies, namely, particularly the Philistines, and protected their borders from these pagan enemies,

and actually became the overlord of a lot of those enemies, where they had to pay tribute and obey what David said.

He expanded the borders of the nation.

He annexed the coastal regions.

He also wrote the Psalms, as we're aware, about 73 of them, and He sang them.

And then, of course, who can forget the epic, legendary showdown between David and Goliath,

something that most of us learn about when we were children, teaching us about faith and bravery and trust in God.

Even now, one of my girls' favorite Bible stories is David and Goliath, and that's when we bust out the foam swords,

and they attack me, and they call me Goliath every time, so I've had my head cut off quite a few times lately.

So, one day I'll get to be David, maybe.

But more importantly, I guess one of the biggest things is the Davidic covenant.

2 Samuel 7, God promised to give David an everlasting house,

that one of his descendants would sit on the throne and reign forever.

And this would be, as we know, our Lord Jesus.

So, much to say about David.

So, just pray quickly.

Lord, help me to, in some small way, be used today by pointing to your Word,

and that your Word would have its desired effect upon our hearts,

that your Holy Spirit would apply its truth to our souls,

and it would work.

You'd be the spiritual surgeon upon our souls and our hearts today.

I just ask that in Jesus' name. Amen.

So, really quick, just some of the context in which we're going to land today in 1 Samuel 16.

You have a struggling nation.

The nation of Israel is not doing well.

They're marked by a lot of internal strife,

this loose confederation of tribes seeking to unify,

working together as a single nation,

a lot of them looking out for their own interests,

and also just concerned about the other tribes' ambitions.

A faulty priesthood was also there, given into immorality and corruption,

characterized by Eli and his sons.

And going on from there, as we'll look at more next week,

instead of looking to God for leadership and for God to help them,

they wanted to have a king like the pagan nations around them.

And Saul was that first king.

And with some initial success, as we all know the story,

eventually he turned from God and began to not obey God,

and despite giving numerous chances to repent,

never fully came around.

And we'll look at that later on next week.

But earlier in chapter 13 and 15,

Saul was told by the prophet Samuel that his dynasty,

his kingdom was going to be torn from him.

Like, that's it.

God's done with you.

Very scary words.

And that his kingdom would be given to a neighbor.

And that neighbor would be David, a son of Jesse of Bethlehem.

So today, this is the first text that we see David's entrance

onto the scene of God's redemptive story.

So 1 Samuel 16, we're just going to, like, go through it piece by piece and unpack it.

So just kind of walking through the text.

Verse 1, chapter 16.

The Lord said to Samuel,

How long will you grieve over Saul,

since I have rejected him from being the king over Israel?

Fill your horn with oil and go.

I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite,

for I have provided myself a king among his sons.

And Samuel said, How can I go?

If Saul hears it, he will kill me.

And the Lord said, Take a heifer with you and say,

I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.

And invite Jesse to sacrifice.

And I will show you what you shall do.

And you shall anoint for me him who I have declared to you.

Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem.

The elders of the city came out to meet him trembling

and said, Do you come peacefully?

And he said, Peacefully.

I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.

Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.

And he consecrated Jesse and his sons

and invited them to the sacrifice.

Truly quickly, just walking through this text,

you immediately catch Samuel grieving.

It says, so he's extremely saddened

over the sin and failures of King Saul.

Some people think that he's like whining and complaining.

I don't think that's really the case at all.

I think that he spent so much time investing in this all,

leading him, counseling him,

days praying for him,

serving alongside him,

really hoping that he would be the king that the nation needed.

And he failed.

Miserably failed.

Despite all that Samuel had done to help him,

he was rejected by God.

And so Samuel was grieving over this,

just wondering what God is going to do next.

So some of us have been there before.

Have you?

I have.

Just spent countless hours loving, serving,

counseling, discipling someone,

and then kind of have that person reject those things

that you've invested into them.

So it's painful.

So he's wondering what is God going to do?

And so God comes to his servants with a new direction,

new orders.

Here's what you're going to do.

You're going to find and anoint a new king over the nation.

And that new king would be Jesse,

as we see in our text,

a descendant of Judah and Tamar,

who was also a grandson of Ruth and Boaz,

Bethlehem and Judah,

Bethlehem Ephratah and Micah,

as Cody read earlier specifically.

And Samuel, we see is afraid.

He's like, well, if Saul hears about this out of jealousy,

he may just kill me.

Like if he knows I'm back to anoint a new king,

kind of behind his back.

But God encourages him to go,

says you're going to offer a sacrifice.

And so that's what he did.

He went to offer a sacrifice.

And he shows up at the gates,

and they're scared because he's the prophet.

And they're like, what have we done wrong?

Is somebody about to die?

And so he's like, no, no, no.

I'll come peacefully.

I'll come to offer a sacrifice.

And he goes.

And he doesn't hide his intention in being there.

He's walking in obedience to God.

And so very often, really small lesson here,

whenever we're overwhelmed,

feeling just stressed out,

can't see what to do next,

usually it's just taking the very simple step

of faithful obedience,

like the very next thing.

Do the next thing.

Be faithful to God and what he tells you to do.

And this is what Samuel is doing.

He goes without question.

He obeys God.

He does all that God requires.

And so that's what it says.

He obeyed and came to Bethlehem.

And so he got there.

He's like, hey, consecrate yourselves.

Get yourselves ready for the sacrifice,

which more than likely meant washing themselves,

perhaps their clothes for the sacrifice.

And then we get to the next section of this,

and we see Samuel scoping out the sons of Jesse,

just wondering who it is.

I know it's one of these guys,

but I don't know who it is.

And God's response to him,

I think,

is one of the most underrated verses in the Scripture.

But look at verse 6.

When they came,

he looked at Elab and thought,

surely the Lord's anointed is before him.

But the Lord said to Samuel,

do not look on his outward appearance

or on the height of his stature,

because I have rejected him.

For the Lord sees,

not as man sees.

Man looks on the outward appearance,

but the Lord looks on the heart.

Then Jesus called Abinadab

and made him pass before Samuel.

And he said,

neither has the Lord chosen this one.

Then Jesse made Shammah pass by.

And he said,

neither has the Lord chosen this one.

And Jesse made seven of his sons

pass before Samuel.

And Samuel said to Jesse,

the Lord has not chosen these.

Then Jesse made Shammah pass by.

And he said,

neither has the Lord chosen this one.

And Jesse made the seven sons

pass before Samuel.

He has not chosen any of these.

And so here's what's going on.

Like, you know,

Jesse thinks,

surely it's got to be one of my bigger boys,

one of my best looking boys.

He just makes him kind of walk by.

Samuel and Samuel is going,

nope.

The Lord has rejected him.

The Lord has not chosen him.

So what's going on here

is Samuel is being fooled

into thinking that God will choose

the biggest,

strongest,

best looking,

pretty much in the same way

that Saul was chosen.

If you remember,

in 1 Samuel 9,

1 and 2,

Saul came from a wealthy family.

It says that Saul was a handsome man.

There was not a man among the people

more handsome than he,

that his shoulders up,

from his shoulders upward,

he was taller than any of the other people.

So Saul was a very physically impressive man.

And so Samuel's already thinking

that it's got to be similar.

And God's saying no.

Because despite all the material

and physical advantages Saul had,

we all see that it afforded him

no benefit at all

because his heart was full of vanity,

pride,

and sin

did not help.

God says to him,

verse 7,

underline it in your Bible,

memorize it,

do not look on his outward height

or stature

because the Lord has rejected him.

For the Lord sees,

not as man sees.

Man looks on the outward appearance,

but the Lord looks on the heart.

What a remarkable verse.

More on this later,

but simply,

what he's trying to say is,

man wrongfully judges

in ways others

created in God's image

merely by the outward appearance.

But God is more focused

on the heart,

the inner person.

And so basically,

Jesse's like,

I mean,

excuse me,

Samuel,

look,

is that it?

Is that all your sons?

So after inspecting them,

doesn't find one.

As we get to verse 11,

then Samuel said to Jesse,

are all your sons here?

And he said,

there remains yet the youngest,

but behold,

he is keeping the sheep.

And Samuel said to Jesse,

send and get him,

for we will not sit down

until he comes here.

And he sent and brought him in.

Now he was ruddy

and had beautiful eyes

and was handsome.

And the Lord said,

arise,

anoint him,

for this is he.

Then Samuel took the horn of oil

and anointed him

in the midst of his brothers.

And the spirit of the Lord

rushed upon David

from that day forward.

And Samuel rose up

and went to Ramah.

Just one more verse.

Now the spirit of the Lord

departed from Saul

and a harmful spirit

from the Lord

tormented him.

So we see in verse 11,

he basically is just saying,

hey, is this it?

Is there any other sons

that you have?

And Jesse may have just been

sort of downplaying it

because parents

sinfully can sometimes

have favorites

and maybe David wasn't his.

We don't know.

But he's like,

yeah, there's another one.

I forgot to mention him.

He's keeping the sheep.

No big deal.

And Samuel's like,

well, go get them then.

We'll stand right here

and won't get started

until he shows up.

Go fetch him.

So he does that.

So we get a brief

physical description

of David

when he arrives on the scene.

And God says,

this is the one

that I have chosen.

And you see in verse 13,

immediately,

Samuel anoints David

with oil,

which is symbolic

of the Holy Spirit,

who descends on him.

It says,

the Spirit of the Lord

rushed,

or meaning,

it came down mightily

and effectively

upon David.

So in the Old Testament,

as most of us know,

the Spirit came

and rested on

chosen individuals

that God empowered

to carry out

the specific things

He gave them to do.

And it's no different

than David.

And notice that

the Spirit left Saul.

And very,

very scary.

So,

he had this anointing

before his whole family.

There was three more

anointings that came.

One before the family,

one before the tribe

of Judah,

and then another anointing

as the whole nation's

king that came later.

But in verse 14,

yeah,

it leaves Saul.

Because without

the Holy Spirit,

Saul can no longer

be any kind of

an effective king

for the nation.

And a harmful,

distressing spirit

came from the Lord

to torment him.

So something very

scary and tragic.

So,

let's just get into

some of the questions.

That's sort of our,

the overview of our text.

Let's just walk through

this with questions.

So a lot of this

will be just background,

things about David,

but then getting into

some other stuff.

So what was

David's background?

His Hebrew name,

David,

beloved one,

which means strength,

favor.

Born roughly

around 1040 B.C.,

so a very long time ago

in Bethlehem.

His father was Jesse.

The scripture doesn't

mention his mother,

but the Talmud

mentions his mother.

He also had two sisters.

The Bible doesn't

name his mother,

like I said,

but I think she was

significant in raising

these men.

He lived roughly

70 years,

dying around

970 B.C.

So we get a description

of him here,

his character,

his physical physique.

So,

look at 1612.

We see that David

was ruddy.

And that means

like a reddish

or brownish color.

It can mean

red hair,

ginger.

It was also

used of Esau,

the same word,

Genesis 25,

25.

More than likely,

though,

is denoting

that he was

physically fit,

healthy,

strong,

kind of the opposite

of like pale,

frail,

weak,

just full of

life.

And he had

beautiful

or bright

eyes.

So,

this means

that he had

like this sparkle

in his eye,

this alertness,

this vitality,

and that

not just

of one

who's strong

physically,

but one

who's well

spiritually too.

As we know

that Jesus said

in Matthew 6,

the eye is the

lamp of the body.

So if your eyes

are healthy,

your whole body

will be full

of light.

So this was

the description

of David,

like he had

a clear conscience,

a genuine

relationship

before God,

and you can see

it in his

demeanor,

in his eyes.

So,

brought by

a genuine

relationship

with God.

And next

it says

he was

handsome.

So,

appealing

or good

looking

to the

eyes.

But it

doesn't just

mean,

it does

mean that,

but it

also just

means that

he had a

very pleasant

demeanor.

His countenance

was attractive.

He just

entered the room

and you felt

at ease.

You felt

welcomed.

You felt

loved,

easy to be

around.

So later

on in chapter

16,

verse 18,

we learn

that David

was also,

Saul's servant

gives a description

of David,

and it says

that he was

prudent

in speech,

meaning that

he was careful,

he was well-spoken,

he spoke very

clearly,

articulate,

and he was

also,

that servant

says,

a man of

good presence,

a calmly one.

Again,

like you felt

at ease when you

were in his

presence.

presence.

So that's

his physical

descriptions of

his character.

Then he had a

lot of

capabilities.

Alright,

so he was a

very gifted

man and he

developed all

these skills

that God

had given

him just

by being

faithful,

hear me

now,

being faithful

in everyday

obedience and

the concept

that the

western mind

today,

the western

men particularly

today,

but think

don't go

together.

Like,

you're either

this or

you're that.

And David

doesn't quite

fit that.

So,

he was.

We have

the tough

guy,

the man's

man.

He shoots

guns,

he hunts,

he fishes,

he knows how

to survive

in the

wilderness,

he boxes,

goes to the

gym,

wrestles,

fixes his

own cars,

and he watches

war movies

and westerns.

So,

he had like

that side

of him.

On the

other hand,

he was a

very sensitive

compassionate

guy,

sensitive,

bookworm,

writes poems

and stories.

He watches

rom-coms and

dramas.

He likes

to bake.

So,

the British

baking show,

there is one

guy in episode

three or four,

and he's like a

really good

baker,

but he was

like in the

elite British

regiment,

the Cold

Stream Guard.

He could just

see Paul

insulting him,

and he would

just be like,

I don't care

what you're

saying.

So,

probably that

kind of

baker if

he was

one.

So,

moving on.

So,

no matter

what,

in David's

life,

there is

something that

appealed to

each man in

here,

particularly men,

I'll just

say,

something for

us to

relate to.

So,

some of

these

capabilities,

one,

he was a

shepherd.

That was

one of the

first things

mentioned

about him.

He's

keeping the

sheep,

he's guarding

and watching

over the

sheep,

the youngest.

So,

that means

that his

father trusted

him to

watch over

the sheep.

It could

be kind

of like

grunt work

a little

bit too,

but it

was an

important

thing,

and the

flock had

to be

kept intact

and protected

from predators,

moved from

pasture to

pasture.

And it

says in

1 Samuel 17

that David

protected the

sheep by

striking down

lions and

bears.

Have any

ever run

into a

bear in the

woods?

I have.

It's a pretty

scary thing,

especially in

the dark.

It's very,

so he would

just go toe

to toe with

these things

and wouldn't

hesitate to

face them.

So he had

serious guts.

And furthermore,

something you

might think

about is being

a shepherd out

in the hills,

out in the

wilderness,

it afforded

him a lot

of time to

think,

reflect,

pray,

to spend

that time

thinking about

the shepherd

metaphor and

how God

relates to

his people

as a shepherd

and promises

to lead,

provide,

and protect

his people.

As he later

wrote in

Psalm 23,

the Lord is

my shepherd.

I shall not

want.

He makes me

lie down

in green

pastures.

He leaves me

beside the

still waters.

He restores

my soul.

He leaves me

in paths of

righteousness

for his

name's sake.

So he was

a shepherd

at heart.

Secondly,

we learn

that he was

a singer

and poet.

David is

referred to

in 1618

as he is

skillful

in playing

on the

harp.

So skillful

was he in

playing that

he actually

brought refreshment

to Saul's

distressed

soul that

tormented

him.

And in a

manner that

in this way

God used

the evil

of Saul

to bring

David actually

into the

court of the

king and

the washful

eyes of the

army.

Elsewhere

in 2 Samuel

David is

referred to

as the

sweet

psalmist

or singer

of Israel.

So he

showed immense

sensitivity

the right

expression

of emotion

in the

psalms that

he wrote

and sang.

He truly

believed that

God's gifts

and God's

endowments

were to be

developed

and used

in a way

that honored

God and

that served

other people

around him.

And then

thirdly

another

characteristic

or I

guess

trait

would be

that he

was a

soldier.

It's usually

singer

poet

soldier

doesn't

quite

go together.

In this

case it

does.

He was

like the

epic

warrior

poet.

So we

get this

image of

David being

this ragtag

inexperienced

green kid

that shows

up to

fight but

that's not

how he's

described.

he's

referred to

by Saul's

servants

in 1618

as a man

of valor

a man

of war.

A term

biblically

meaning that

he was

brave

courageously

fierce to

fight

in hand to

hand combat

a man of

war meaning

someone who

was trained

in the

weapons of

that day

in a very

well you know

capable fighter

in any

situation

fighting

warrior

and then

following that

time after

he fought

Goliath

he only

grew in

that

ability

he only

grew in

that skill

to be a

warrior on

the battlefield

and so

legendary

was his

fighting ability

that later

the women

sang

in 1

Samuel 18

7

they sang

to one

another

and celebrated

Saul

has struck

down

thousands

but David

tens of

thousands

so his

prowess on

the battlefield

meant also

that he

drew

naturally

drew

the best

fighters

of his

day

they wanted

to be

around him

they loved

him

and respected

him

so the

seals

the rangers

the delta

force

the SAS

guys

they all

wanted to

hang out

with David

and fight

alongside

him

so he

could take

any guy

in this

room

easily

so record

all his

greatest

battles

or seen

in 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 8 · chapter mention

chapter 8

just a list

of all his

victories

in a time

where warfare

was close

and personal

so that's

his background

it's a little

bit about

him

but secondly

all those

things are

cool

interesting

whatever

but this

is the

second

question

what was

David's

distinguishing

trait

in God's

eyes

alright

and the

simple

answer

is

his

heart

was

God's

in our

context

today

in verse

7

you see

Samuel

inspecting

Jesse's

sons

and

surely

this is

the Lord's

anointing

and God

says

no

and again

do not

look at

his

outward

appearance

man

looks at

the

outward

appearance

but God

looks

at

the

heart

so if

we in

our

culture

we

worship

I mean

worship

outward

beauty

physical

attractiveness

youthful

allure

and our

culture

pushes

and pressures

particularly

girls

and women

guys

aren't

excluded

but just

women

particularly

just hear

me on

this

they push

you so

hard

to look

outwardly

attractive

and if

you could

only let

that deep

profound

truth

just sink

in

how

different

would

your

life

be

how

much

of your

anxiety

and fear

of like

other

people

judging

you

be removed

if you

just

understood

that

that's

not

what

God

really

cares

about

that's

not

what

he

looks

at

James

Montgomery

Boyce

wrote about

this text

these words

are not

only a

statement

of the

clearness

of God's

vision

and his

capacity

to judge

they're also

a statement

of our

limitations

and of

course

the crux

this is of

course

the crux

of the

problem

it is not

just that

God can

see clearly

it is that

God alone

can see

clearly

at best

we only

see the

outward

appearance

God looks

upon

the heart

so the

heart

is used

roughly

a thousand

times

or more

in the

scripture

making it

one of the

most common

terms

about humans

in the

scripture

God

created our

hearts

to be the

center

of our

emotions

our

affections

our

desires

our

intellectual

moral

activity

a vital

part of

our

spiritual

makeup

and the

scripture

says a lot

about the

heart

Proverbs

27

19

as in

water

face

reflects

face

so the

heart

of a

man

reflects

the

man

meaning

that the

heart

reflects

the

person's

true

nature

God

ultimately

cares

very little

about our

outward

appearance

and this

isn't a

license

just to

be

nasty

and sloppy

that's not

what we're

saying

most of

you are

mature

enough

to know

what we're

aiming at

I know

some

people

dress

down

on purpose

because

they want

people

to think

that they

don't

care

about

their

outward

appearance

and they

really

do

also

the

wisdom

writer

wrote

keep

guard

over

your

heart

with

all

vigilance

for

from

it

flows

springs

of

life

and

Jesus

indicated

to

those

who

rejected

him

you

are

the

ones

who

justify

yourselves

before

men

but

God

knows

your

heart

does that

make you

scared

God

knows

your

heart

he

sees

past

what

man

cares

about

so

in

summary

outward

looks

and

appearances

are

an

inadequate

measuring

scales

to weigh

someone's

true love

and devotion

to God

inadequate

outward

appearances

cannot

rightly

predict

someone's

love

for God

or their

inner

beauty

or anything

else

some of

the most

attractive

people

some of

us

know

are some

of the

ugliest

people

we

know

very

true

so

don't

be

fooled

spend

less

time

on your

outward

appearance

if we're

coming

here

and more

time

on your

soul

coming

here

each

day

think

of

these

things

they

cannot

accurately

predict

someone's

faithfulness

to God

as Jesus

said

because

from the

heart

overflows

!

our

actions

right

that's

Mark

7

21

the

Bible

informs

us

that

the

Lord

weighs

the

heart

Proverbs

21

2

he

considers

he

examines

he

judges

the

heart

so

referring

this

is

I need

to make

clarification

when we're

talking about

David's

heart

or our

heart

we're

talking

about

the

regenerated

saved

heart

someone

who's

been

born

again

not

the

fallen

corruptible

heart

so

that's

kind of

what we're

focusing

on

today

but

one of

my

favorite

verses

that I

learned

as an

early

believer

2nd

Chronicles

16

9

for the

eyes

of the

Lord

roam

to and

fro

over all

the earth

to show

himself

strong

on behalf

of those

whose hearts

are fully

devoted

to him

so

examine

yourself

as I've

had to do

some this

past week

do you

value

your outward

appearance

over the

state of

your own

heart

and your

soul

what is

your time

and your

money

and your

attitude

reflect

are you

aware that

vanity

is a

sin

and to

live in

front of

a mirror

is probably

the saddest

place

to be

be more

concerned

about your

soul

and furthermore

don't overlook

other people

or underestimate

other people

whose outward

features may

not be

exactly what

you think

are attractive

because that

person could

very well

be someone

meaningful in

your life

very important

so what was

it about

David's heart

well in

first Samuel

just flip from

chapter 16

really quick

three chapters

back

first Samuel

13

we'll look

more at this

passage next

week but

this is when

God has

rejected Saul

he tells

Samuel

he's done

and God

says this

to Samuel

first

1 Samuel 13:13

Samuel 13

verse 13

Samuel said

to Saul

you have

done

foolishly

you have

not kept

the commandment

of the

Lord your

God

with which

he commanded

you

for then

the Lord

has

established

your

kingdom

over

Israel

forever

but now

your kingdom

shall not

continue

now here

it is

listen

the Lord

has sought

out a man

after his

own heart

that is

speaking of

David

so what does

it mean

to be someone

after God's

own heart

quickly

what it

definitely

doesn't mean

I think you

all would

know this

is it

doesn't mean

perfection

it doesn't

mean

sinlessness

it also

isn't this

like high

spiritual

state

of like

nirvana

that you

reach

either

and it's

also not

something

that you're

just born

with

it's not

a natural

trait

but this

is a huge

distinguishing

character

despite all

of David's

son

and failures

later on

Paul addressed

the Jews

in Antioch

in Acts

13

and he said

he raised

up David

to be their

king

of whom

he testified

and said

I have found

in David

the son

of Jesse

a man

after my

own heart

who will

do all

my will

so what

on earth

does it

mean again

to be a

man or

woman

after God's

own heart

well

after hearing

a lot of

bad

reading a lot

of I didn't

think helpful

things

reading some

of the old

dead guys

looking at

the language

I'm going

to define

it

it's just

very simple

foundation

this way

a man

or woman

after God's

own heart

is

one

whose

deepest

heart

desires

and longings

are for

his God

shown

or revealed

in how

one

lives

one

whose

deepest

heart

desires

and longings

are for

his God

shown

or revealed

in how

one

lives

alright

so remember

David wasn't

perfect

he had

massive

sins

we'll read

about

later

but this

is how

God

chose

to define

him

and have

him

remembered

by

as one

who

was

after

his

own

heart

and this

just really

means that the

overall bent

of his

heart

was towards

God

that his

great love

and desire

for God

was the

overall

trajectory

of his

life

Jonathan Edwards

wrote

heart

heart

of a

man

cannot

be

brought

to a

higher

excellency

than to

have

delight

in God

and

complacency

or satisfaction

in the

divine

excellency

and glory

and this

is what

David

wanted

he wanted

to be

in God's

presence

he wanted

to behold

God's

glory

so this

is a

zealous

spiritual

passion

for God

whose

life

is in

harmony

with

God's

heart

very

simple

just

follow me

it just

means like

one that

loves

what God

loves

one that

hates

what God

hates

one that

gets angry

about what

God

gets angry

over

one who

loves the

purposes

of God

his heart

is in

agreement

and in

one accord

with God

that's what

we're talking

about here

his heart

beats

with God

David

wrote in

Psalm 27

he says

one thing

think about

all the

times you

pray

and ask

God

for things

one thing

have I

asked