Man After God's Heart

“After removing him, God raised up David their king. He testified about him: ‘I have found David [the son of Jesse to be a man after My heart], who will accomplish everything I want him to do.’”  - Acts 13:22 NET

But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after My own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.

There are many things in our lives that attracts our attention and distract us from what is truly important. What has your attention? Is it your job? Is it fame? Is it moving with the crowd? Is it being a part of an elite group? What is it? Take a minute and self-check. Be truthful when doing so.

From the very beginning of creation when God placed Adam in the Garden, God gave him an instruction. The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. But the Lord God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the Garden— except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.” (Genesis 2:15-17 KJV) God required obedience from the very beginning. God’s desire was for man to do everything He said.

God chose Saul to be King over His people. He spoke through the prophet to Saul of what he should do, but Saul was disobedient. So, God sent Samuel to choose the next king of Israel. Being chosen of God is one thing, but most important to God is obedience to Him. God called David a man after My own heart. Why? God said, He will do everything I want him to do.

Can God say that about us? Does God have our full attention? Are we doing everything He wants us to do or are we distracted? What occupies our heart, our mind, our time? God has given us the ability to be educated, have a nice job, get nice things. Have these things taken the place of God? Have we gotten to a place where we no longer hunger for God but are filled with the satisfaction of temporal things?

Hey you! (speaking to myself also) Get back and focus on what is important! Confess and repent for putting things and people in the place of God. Get your heart in the right place! Obey everything that God has called you to do! The bible says, “Many are called, but few are chosen.” What sets the chosen apart is the one who obeys everything God says to do.

I leave you with this question, ‘Can God say of you, that you are a man or a woman after His own heart’?