David, a man after God's Heart: Conclusion

To conclude our three part series about why David was a man after God's heart, we will just summarize the qualities that David had. We have to remember that David was just a man. We tend to look at people in the Bible such as Paul, Moses, David and more as being almost super-human and the most godly people ever. But it bears repeating, they were just like us, regular people. Look at Paul, before his transformation on the road to Damascus, he was killing Christians. Peter denied Jesus three times and David has a long list including adultery and murder. So we see that David was just a man and made mistakes (Some big ones) but as it says in the Old Testament, "A righteous man falls seven times but gets back up and keeps going". (Proverbs 24:16) So lets really see what type of 'heart attitude' David had for God.

David's heart for God meant wanting to live to please God for the rest of his life. We can find out what pleases God through his Word. David chose to follow God with all of his heart. David deliberately put God first above everything else. David made it a point to keep his heart pure and devoted to God. It appears the choices he made produced a heart that was rare. Here is a verse that sums up David's love for God: I said to the Lord, "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing" Psalms 16:2. David recognized that the only good in him was the God in him. Great godly leaders are willing to step aside from their own need for ego building and self-confidence and humble themselves before an almighty God. I have heard before that President Theodore Roosevelt often went outdoors at night, looked up into the vastness of the universe, simply to remind himself of his humanity compared to the vastness of the universe. I think that is an important principle for all of us.

Yes, it is true; God desires a person after His own heart. He is looking for people who will choose to be pure and wholly devoted to Him. Listed below are verses talking about David’s heart:

1 Kings 11:4 God said Solomon’s heart was "not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David."

1 Kings 14:8 God said David "followed me [God] with all his heart."

1 Kings 15:3 The Bible said Jeroboam’s "heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been."

1 Samuel 13:14 The Bible says after Saul’s failure, God had "sought Him a man after His own heart."

Acts 13:22 God said, "I have found David … a man after My own heart."

Will you be one of these people?