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#1089. A man after God’s own heart (1/7/24)

Community Church Putney Sermons

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  1. Welcome to this Come to Jesus’ devotional where we are in our Summer Inspiration series. Today, we reflect on what it means for us to be a person after God’s own heart.

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  3. https://youtu.be/4FkyEZzyHes

  4. “But now your kingdom will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.’” ‭‭(1 Samuel‬ ‭13‬:‭14‬)

  5. These words always strike me. I have to ask myself, “Am I a man after God’s own heart?” Saul is presented as a man who is losing his way. He’s a king that started well but is now disobeying God; because of fear he chose to make a sacrifice to God. What may have looked like humility and worship - making the sacrifice - was in fact an act of rebellion that was driven by fear. It’s in this context that today’s words of rebuke are spoken. Such words cause all of us to search ourselves!

  6. However, the first thing this text is designed to do is to look the King with a perfect heart and who has made the perfect sacrifice. Jesus is the true man after God’s own heart. He’s offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for sin. For us to be a person after God’s own heart starts by worshipping Christ as our perfect King and Saviour! God is most pleased to see faith and devotion to Christ in us rather than some self-righteous attempt to prove ourselves to God!

  7. Secondly, God wants to give us a heart like Christ (and David). By the Spirit, He wants to sanctify our desires and our wills. However, the way to the renewed heart is to seek and abide in Christ. He can transform us. In the place of prayer, worship and abiding, our hearts are transformed.

  8. So today, let’s glorify Christ as our perfect king, perfect sacrifice and the one who can give us His heart. It says that ‘the Lord has sought out a man after His own heart’, and may we seek out Christ and make Him our hero and our hope.

  9. Today, I’m sure that we all need to ask ‘ How am I doing at resting and abiding in Christ?’