119) We must turn to God in every situation and we must be repentant of our sin. 63:1-2) We must allow God to be our focal point and be completely in love with His Word. We must hunger and thirst after Him as if we were in a dry and parched land, without water. David spoke these words and lived by them, “I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord apart from you I have no good thing.” -Psalm 16:2 (NIV)ĭo we desire to be a man or woman after God’s own heart? Then God must be our very heartbeat. Oswald Chambers wrote: “It is not God’s promises we need, it is Himself.” David was a man after God’s own heart because he was focused on the presence of God more than anything else God was his focal point. David was able to praise God in every instance. When caught in sin he quickly repented and turned from it. Faced often with seemingly insurmountable circumstances (a giant, an angry king, a rebellious son) still he sought the Lord. We find that David demonstrated his faith and trust in God on a daily basis from the very time that we are introduced to him in Scripture until the time that he dies. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” -Psalm 16:5-8 (NIV) I will praise the Lord, who counsels me even at night my heart instructs me. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places surely I have a delightful inheritance. “In Your presence is fullness of joy in Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.”ĭavid understood the meaning of staying close to God, “Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup you make my lot secure. David had an absolute love for God and His Law.Ģ.) David took time to be in the presence of God.ģ.) David was truly repentant of his sin.Ĥ.) David knew who to turn to in every situation.ĭavid realized something integral to the Christian’s walk that only true lasting joy can be found in the presence of the Lord. We can understand this title he held a little more if we take the time to understand the heart and mind of the man.ġ. “You will show me the path of life In Your presence is fullness of joy In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.” -AMPLIFIEDĭavid, we are told, was a man after God’s own heart yet we find that his life was not perfect and he definitely sinned, having committed murder and adultery. ![]() Ever since you took my hand, I’m on the right way. Now you’ve got my feet on the life path, all radiant from the shining of your face. You make known to me the path of life you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
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