Jeanette Rubio shares from Acts 13:22

Today I want to share, one of my favorite Bible verses on David even though there are so many. I love David’s story because through all his trials,  love, and his mistakes, David always returned to God. He knew God’s love would always be there. 

Act 13:22- After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’

Why did God declare David a man after his own heart?

Was it Bc God made him King?

Or bc David understood that everything He was,  was bc of God’s everlasting love for him?

God’s love for David was so great that it transformed David’s life from a shepherd boy to God’s anointed King.  Even through David’s mistakes, and there were many… He wanted to make it right by God.  He was humbled and he called out to him for forgiveness No matter how or what his mistakes were.  The thought of not having God, always brought David back. 

Through his despair, fear and love for God,  David would call out to the Lord and say;

 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.  He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.…

He would call out and say:

  “Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever."

David also knew his own heart and short comings,  and would ask God:

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

And through fear, he would declare. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me.

To be a woman after God's own heart, we don't need to be perfect,  but We need to call upon him no matter what we are going through. We need to be women who rely fully on God and his grace as we seek to follow his heart.

God’s response to David was… I will his father and he will be my son. 

2 Sam 7:14

I hope that as you listen to these verses today, your heart is moved and that you recognize that you are his daughter and He is your father and nothing can separate you from His love because his love for you is everlasting.