Acts 13:22 – and when He had removed him, He raised up for them David
as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David
the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.
When
God wants to show how much He loves a man , He does not do it in the
private but public . When He wanted to show Satan how much He loves you,
He offered
Jesus on the cross of Calvary publicly for your sins.
When He wanted to show the enemies of David how much He loved him ,He
prepared a table publicly in the presence of the enemies of David and
began to feed him, Psalm 23:5. He did not only do that, He publicly
declared “I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own
heart”, Acts 13:22. The question is what did David do to earn such a
testimony from God? What did this king do to win the heart of the
Almighty ?
What kind of man was David ? David was a man who loved
God passionately. He loved to spend time in the presence of God. When
it was time to go to the house of God , David would start rejoicing ,
Psalm 122 :1. He loved God to the extent that his heart began to long
for God. David had a thirst for God that nothing in this world could
quench. He compared his longing for God to a deer panting for the water
brooks, Psalms 42:1 . Also David was a worshiper. No man could beat
David when it it comes to praising God . When it was time for praise and
worship, King David would dance with all his might ,2 Samuel 6:14. He
was not ashamed to dance for God in public or in the presence of
important dignitaries like some of us.When we talk of important
dignitaries , who is more important than God anyway !. David never cared
about who was looking, he would dance and jump to the extent that he
was almost naked. While everyone restricted worshiping God to only
Sundays , David worshiped God seven times daily , Psalm 119:164 .
Another quality David had was he was a giver. When it was time to give
to God , David would give until it hurts. He needed a field to offer
burnt offerings to God so he approached Araunah. The fellow wanted to
give the field to David for free ,but he refused . He said "no , i
insist on paying the full price, for i will not take for the Lord what
belongs to you or offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing". Do you
know how much David gave towards the building of the temple ? One
hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of silver ,
bronze and iron beyond measure,timber and stone,1 Chronicles 22:14. He
also gave three thousand talents of gold, and seven thousand talents of
silver to overlay the walls , 1 Chronicles 29:3-4. Experts have valued
what he gave in present day currency to be at least fifty-six billion
dollars ( $56,000,000,000) ! Do you think God will not at least say
thank you to such a man who gave to Him until it hurts ?Proverbs 8:17
says I love those who love Me, and those who seek Me will find Me. We
want to become the man and woman after the heart of God ? We need to
first love God and begin to long for Him. We need to learn how to
worship Him. We need to be generous to Him.If you love God , He will
love you back.
PRAYER POINT: Father , thank you for opening my
eyes today , I will love you , praise you and give to you , Please love
me in return.
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