This Sunday I get to start a new series called "After God's Heart" which will drop us down into the life of King David through 1 and 2 Samuel. Not that I'm going to preach through both books but only certain episodes in his life. I love it. These are my favorite Old Testament books - the ones that I push on my kids when they are looking for a good place to read in the Bible.
Why is David so appealing to read about? I think it is because his faith runs through the same cycles as ours. There is a humanness to his relationship with God so that we read about his bravery in 1 Sam. 17 and then see his fear in 1 Sam. 21. We read his triumphant Psalms and then we read the despairing ones where God seemed far away to him. We know of his high moments like bringing the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem (2 Sam. 6) and of the lowest - his sinful relationship with Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11-12).
There is encouragement here. If David is said to be a "man after God's own heart" with his storied past, there is hope for us.
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I'm just glad you only posted the picture of his face.
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