David's Anointing: God Sees the Heart Within

So that's the tough news. But there's even better news, and that is this, that in spite of knowing your worst parts, in spite of knowing everything you've ever done, in spite of knowing the things that you're afraid to tell anybody, in spite of knowing your bad motives, God still saw you, and he said, that is a person worth dying for. Right? He says, look, I see all the things that you've done, everything you ever will do do is say yes to Jesus, and he said, I died so that your sins could be forgiven. Every single one of them. [00:36:37] (29 seconds)  #WorthDyingFor

God doesn't do that. Why? Because God wants to lead you through your life step by step, because that requires a relationship. He gave you all the answers right now, then you could say, okay, God, I got the note, I got the cliff notes, and so I don't really need you anymore. God wants to lead you to the next place, and then have you fall on your knees again and say, Lord, what do I do now? It's meant to be a back and forth conversation relationship with God. [00:11:27] (27 seconds)  #JourneyWithGod

David is saying, in the same way that when I'm thirsty and all I can think about is getting more water, God, that is how I wanna think about you. I want my soul to desire you more than my flesh desires water. So that's a great challenge for us this morning. Is that how you feel about God? Or do you just kinda wake up, yeah, okay, it's Sunday, I guess we'll go do that, and then we got a couple other things to do today. Man, just pray and guys, just ask the Lord, God help me to desire you like David desired you. [00:34:35] (28 seconds)  #ThirstForGod

What does Jesus say? He says, if you're faithful in the small, then you can be trusted with the big. Right? But if you think, I'm just gonna skip this part and be trusted with the big, then you're gonna kinda be like King Saul. Be in over your head and make a massive mistake. Be faithful in the small and God will make you master of much. So he was faithful in the meantime. [00:31:03] (27 seconds)  #FaithfulInSmall

He was overlooked, he was forgotten, and he was given the role of shepherd, which we talk about at Christmas all the time. This was not a role that people want. It was cold, it was dangerous, it was lonely, it was smelly, it was not looked upon as a great job. And so, of course, they gave it to David. But I love that verse, where it says, the Lord does not see as man sees. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. [00:21:30] (31 seconds)  #GodLooksAtYourHeart

The Lord looks at the heart. And so, in this life, people will judge you, and it's just human nature, but you need to know that the opinion that matters most doesn't judge you based on your personality, doesn't judge you on your stature, doesn't judge you And, it's like, we work so hard for the approval of man, when we already have the approval of God. Right? We strive so hard to just impress people and to get these status things, but in reality, the one person whose opinion matters most, God, he doesn't look at those things. He looks at your heart. [00:24:14] (39 seconds)  #LiveForGodsApproval

Saying, yeah, there is one more son, but I was so confident that he was too pathetic of a choice that I didn't even think to invite him to waste your time. He was so obviously not up to the challenge that I didn't even invite him. Very dismissive, very just, there's no chance for this one. And what Samuel says, he says this, send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes. [00:19:16] (32 seconds)  #UnderdogCalled

So I wanna ask you, what season are you in and what lessons is God trying to work in your heart right now? Because here's the thing, if you think, oh, I'm just gonna kinda get through this season and get to my next assignment or my next more significance in this life, like, if you're not learning the lessons that God's trying to give you right now, then he can't move you to that next level. Right? Because you have things that he's teaching you that are gonna come into play later. And so, and pause and say, Lord, in this season, [00:32:51] (27 seconds)  #LessonsInThisSeason