After His Heart

"And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God" (1 Sam. 30:6).

In the face of opposition from his grieving army, with the kidnapping of his wives gnawing on his own heart, David knew where to turn. He didn't tear himself apart about past or present mistakes. His self-worth wasn't dependent upon his followers' opinion of his leadership. Fear of death by stoning failed to paralyze him. Why? David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. He was named a man after God's own heart - not because he was perfect - but because he knew where to turn for direction, for strength, for forgiveness. David was God's man because the LORD was this man's God.

Can you and I be known as men and women after God's own heart?

Only if HE is truly the LORD of our lives ~ the Rock of our defense, the Shepherd we humbly follow, the Father and Savior to Whose arms we run, our Hope, our Joy, our Peace, our Righteousness.

No one and nothing else will do...just give me Jesus. Only then.