A man after his own heart

Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 13-14

1 Samuel 13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.

Saul would not obey the Lord. He was a pragmatist. He looked at the advance of the Philistines and the delay of the prophet and he could wait no longer. He offered the burnt offerings himself. He overstepped his bounds. He would not wait for God's timing.

His disobedience came from his lack of faith in God. Obedience always flows from faith. You will act on that which you believe. If you believe the prophet is coming, you will wait. If you do not, you will act. Saul acted and it was wrong.

Samuel declared that God sought a man after his own heart. What is that man like? Is God still looking for a man after his own heart? The Bible tells us that God found that man in David.

Acts 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

A man after God's own heart wants the will of God to be done. He will obey the Word of the Lord. The other thing about a man after God's own heart is that he is looking for worshippers.

John 4:23-24 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

The Father is seeking worshippers. He is pleased with faith (Hebrews 11:6). He wants those who pray for his will to be done in earth as it is in heaven. Are you a worshipper? Are you a man or a woman after God's own heart?

If you trust in Jesus, he will give you a new heart that is in line with his!

In Christ,
Rody