+DEV+ A King’s Heart

Date: February 11, 2013 11:54 PM
Topic: +DEV+  A King’s Heart

A King’s Heart

 "Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me."  (Psalm 51:10)
Scripture Focus: 2 Samuel 11, 12:1-14

King David was a man after God's own heart. He was the anointed king of Israel. If anyone should have been really holy, you would think it would be this man. David was not young or inexperienced on the night he wandered onto his rooftop and gazed at a bathing woman. David knew God, had walked with Him for years, and had been delivered by Him from many enemies. Yet when God left David to His own sinful desires that night, we learn that even the most mature and godly believer is capable of horrendous sin.

God did not rescue David from himself that night. Desire gave birth to sin and death, to adultery and murder. How could this ever glorify God or bring good to David? Read Psalm 51 and think again. "Have mercy on me, O God ...create in me a pure heart, renew a right spirit...." This is the language of dependence, humility, and worship. It's a hard and prideful heart melted. Self-reliance was obliterated, and now David was ready once again to lead transgressors to a merciful and forgiving God.

Insight: "My heart is like a highway, ...nothing so false, frivolous, [or] horrid but it can obtain access, and that at any time, in any place."  (John Newton)




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