David: A Man After God's Own Heart

He recognizes that this job as a shepherd is similar to the job that God does as the shepherd of his people. And, the shepherd takes care of his people and leads his people and takes care of the people's needs and protects them. And, he realizes that if this is my job as a shepherd, I'm gonna reflect the glory of God because God is a shepherd as well. And in this, we see the heart of David in his role as a shepherd. [00:32:46] (25 seconds)  #ReflectGodAsShepherd

This is what led him to live the way he did. And, at this point, this anointing of him being the next king is kept a secret, but David and his family knows what's coming. But from then on, the Bible says that God's presence was on was what was on David powerfully. Means God was in him working through him, transforming him to be the man he was calling David to be. And, that's a reminder for us that a heart for God invites God to rule in it. [00:35:15] (26 seconds)  #HeartInvitesGod

The reason the spirit of God was in was on David powerfully and it was continuing to work in him, we're gonna see how it works in him throughout his life in this series, is because David's heart longed for what God's heart longed for. That when our hearts are for what God's heart is for, that invites God in to come and rule in our lives and transform it. And, this is what we see with the story of David. This is the start of his story and it starts with the humility of his role in his life. [00:35:41] (27 seconds)  #HumbleHeartTransforms

Now, David's story isn't isn't just one to sit back and be in awe, which we can. It's it's an amazing story. We're gonna get through some amazing, amazing moments in his life, but his story is vital because it's a story for you and I to learn from. It's a story for you and I to follow God better from, and this is the goal of the entire series. Because the first thing I want us to remember, and this is like the theme throughout the next five weeks, is this, the heart matters most. [00:36:08] (24 seconds)  #HeartMattersMost

David was called a manna for God's own heart because our heart is what reflects how we're going to live our lives. It's it's it reflects who we are and who we're going to become. And so, we start this year, I want us to know that our hearts matter more than anything. I know a bunch of us may have, like, New Year's resolutions and goals, and I have my list of things I wanna I wanna tackle this year. But I wanna be reminded, I wanna remind you that no matter what, no matter what your resolutions are, no matter what your goals are, your heart matters more than anything else. [00:36:32] (28 seconds)  #HeartOverResolutions

So, I want us to do a heart check as we kind of start this year. Start asking yourself, what are you longing for? What does your heart long for? What does your heart dream of? What is your heart working towards? What is your heart hoping for? And, whatever those things are, that's where your life is going to go. But, what David got right, and it was that his heart was after God's heart. Instead of thinking about his own desires, he said, whatever God is longing for, that's what I'm gonna long for. [00:37:00] (27 seconds)  #DoAHeartCheck

Whatever God is dreaming of, that's what I'm gonna start dreaming of. Whatever God is working towards, that's what I'm going to start working towards. Whatever God hopes for, that's what I'm going to hope for, David thinks. And, he acts and he lives out. He's longing for God's heart over his own desires and that's what transforms him to be used in mighty ways. And that's what transforms you and me to be used in mighty ways because the truth is our hearts should long for the same thing God's heart does. [00:37:28] (27 seconds)  #LongForGodsHeart

And, the master came back and said, what are you doing? He took that coin and gave it to the ones with more and said, listen, when you're faithful with a little, I'm going to give you more to be faithful with. When you are faithful with what God has given you and you're impacting the kingdom in your work, in your life, and you're faithful with the time that God has given you, he will often give us more things to be faithful with to make an impact in the kingdom of God. [00:41:59] (21 seconds)  #FaithfulWithLittle