Seeking God's Heart: Embracing Humility and Faith

1) "We live in an era and a time where people go that extra mile to impress others and they want recognition from others for the work that they do. I've seen people post other pictures in Facebook or start a YouTube channel and they use Instagram to promote themselves. I'm not telling all these medias are wrong but if the purpose of all this is to seek recognition and impress your friends, friends we are in the wrong direction. Whom are we truly to impress? Whose recognition do we really need? I would tell you that we need God to be impressed with our lifestyle and we need God to recognize us as God-fearing and godly people. Amen." [00:00] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2) "God is not a respecter of persons. God is not partial. If God can do that in the life of David, God can do that in your life also. God can choose you. And God can use you in a very powerful way in this generation for the glory of God. You may tell me pastor, I am not having that call as David to be the king over Israel. I'm not called to fight the Philistines. I'm not a shepherd boy. Yes, David's calling is unique and in his generation he was used by God. You have a unique calling and if you have the heart of David to seek after God, God will choose you in the midst of so many people out there and God will lift you up and he will use you for the glory of his name." [06:29] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3) "Are you foolish? Are you despised? Are you weak? Are you insignificant? Are you not talented? Congratulations! You are the person that God is seeking after if you have a heart after God's heart. You don't need any qualifications. You don't need any prerequisitions. You just got to have a heart that fears God and God's calling comes to you. Now, was David special? No, he was not special. David just sought God. There was nothing special about David. God did not create a person higher than the other. Nobody is extra special. David sought God's heart and so we can seek the heart of God." [13:43] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4) "David had a hungry heart for God. David had a hungry heart for God in second chronicles chapter 16 and it's verse 9 for the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him a committed heart is a perfect heart a committed heart is a friendly heart towards God do you know what David did David decided I am hungry for God I am hungry for fellowship with God and I want to be the friend of God the word of God says the eyes of the Lord range throughout the sea of humanity on earth to see if someone who will say in his heart I want to be the friend of God I am hungry for God I need more of God in my life we can do that this is something that we all can do what is important to God was important to David their two hearts shared the burden He listens to God's commands." [24:39] (62 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5) "David had a humble heart. Friends, God opposes the proud. And if there is anybody who's proud in their lives, God opposes them. God will not lift them up. Pride goes before a fall. But if there is anybody who is humble, who just humbles himself in the sight of God, God will see that person, God will dwell with that person and God will lift up such a person. Isaiah chapter 57 verse 15. But this is what the high and exalted one says. This is what God says. He who lives forever, whose name is holy. I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit. God dwells with the people who are humble in their heart." [33:25] (44 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6) "David had honest actions. In Psalm 78 verse 71 to 72. From tending the sheep, he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance. And David shepherded them with integrity of heart, with skillful hands he led them. Do you know what David was? David was a man of integrity. He had honesty. As his real character. He was a man of character and he had honest actions. Integrity means moral soundness, honesty, uprightness of character and completeness. Listen to David's words of his own integrity. Psalm 23 verse 3. He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake. He was not self-righteous. David was not self-righteous. He depended on God to lead him into the paths of righteousness." [33:25] (56 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7) "Quiet time. He had time alone with God always. No matter how busy David was, he spent time alone with God. Come to Psalm 63, verse 1 to 2. David says, You, God, are my God. Earnestly I seek you. I thirst for you. My whole being longs for you in a dry and parched land where there is no water. Verse 6 of Psalm 63, On my bed I remember you. I think of you through the watches of the night. David spent time alone with God. Remember the times when he took the father's sheep into the wilderness? There was nobody around David. There was nobody to disturb him. It was the sheep, God and David. On those silent times of his life, he spent enough time praying, seeking the face of God and meditating in the presence of God." [33:25] (53 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8) "Obscurity is a state of being unknown. Do you know that even after being anointed the king of Israel, David was in obscurity for many, many years after that. He did things that nobody knew, nobody recognized him, but he kept on doing the mundane things day after day, day after day, and he lived in obscurity. But even when he lived in obscurity, he had his quiet time, and it is in those obscure moments that God made him the person that David was. Servant leaders must spend much time unknown, unseen, and unappreciated. One of the things that I lament about this age that we live in is that young people are constantly asked to step up, lead now, don't wait, now is the time. The problem with that is that you don't have enough time within you to develop character and strength that will take for you to lead." [33:25] (64 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


9) "Faithfulness. David was faithful in his mundane activities of his life. He kept on doing the same things again and again. Every day, taking care of the sheep. If his father tells him to go to find the whereabouts of his brothers, he would go over there. He kept on doing the same thing again and again and again and again. But faithfully. And it was in those mundane things of life, which was not very important in the sight of others, that God prepared him. But David was faithful. Friends, you may be going to job and taking care of your family. and doing many things routinely again and again. But I want to tell you, God is watching your faithfulness. Are you doing it effectively? And David's life is such an example for us." [33:25] (55 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


10) "David lived in reality not in fantasy world many of us live a lot of life in the fantasy world what is happening in the screen is a fantasy world but we face giants every day sometimes we face a lion sometimes we face a bear and sometimes we face Goliaths and we live in reality life is difficult life has its own challenges life has its own problems life has its own problems that come across and we are called to face reality and whenever David was given a challenge in his real life he faced it head -on and God said here is a man I can promote and make him the king over Israel he will take care of my land and he will take care of my people friends I want to tell you we need to live in reality life is not easy life is burdensome tiresome life has its own challenges and problems and that's where we don't run away from challenges we don't run away from reality we face reality head -on and by the grace of God we will overcome every giants and God is looking for such people to lift them up and use them for the glory of his name" [33:25] (76 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)