After King Saul failed we read what Adonai declared in 1Samuel 13:14 4 But now your kingdom will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.”

Our Heavenly Father called David ben Yishai, ‘a man after my own heart’.

This seems a strange statement about a man who amongst other things, betrayed his best friend, committed adultery with his wife; then had him killed on purpose by sending him to the front line in battle. He was not allowed to build the Temple in Jerusalem because of the blood shed by his hands, so how is this a man after God’s heart?

We need to search the scriptures for the truth, for the correct answer according to the Fathers point of view. We have a tendency to judge by surface understanding and formulate answers by what we read and by how we see things; our perspective is not always in sync. with the Word and the mind of Adonai. We are cautioned that His ways are not our ways His thoughts are not our thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9

‘After God’s heart’. We can only know the heart of God by immersing ourselves in the Word, and continually being filled with His Holy Spirit and not the spirit of this world. Ephesians 5:18. Continually being filled with the Holy Spirit is not about chasing emotional experiences but about cultivating a deep, surrendered Spirit-led life. It involves constant yielding, true spiritual submission is to live every moment under His gracious influence, allowing Him to occupy, control, and empower every facet of life so that Messiah’s life is reproduced in and through us.

Surprisingly the answer to our original question is found in the New Testament. In Acts 13:22 and 36

Acts 13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, 

Verse 36 “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation,

David served God in his generation

and because he was

obedient

and God said

he will do everything I want;

this is why he was

a man after Gods heart.

David did what God told him to do and it was not referencing his failings in the flesh or his carnal lusts, nor when he fell into sin to satisfy his selfish desires. David did repent, however it was the fact that he accomplished the ‘work’ of the Lord in his generation. These obedient actions set the stage as it were, for the next phase of Gods plan; and Solomon, David’s son, was able to build the Temple with the preparations made by his father. David was a preparer of the Way, he was a forefather of Messiah.

The verse in Acts 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.’

He will do everything I want him to do …that was the meaning of ‘after my heart.’ We understand the phrase with a different concept and it seems to contradict the circumstances of his sins and failings. In 1Samuel 16:7, we are told God looks at the heart, the motives, and also what we choose to do regarding instructions from our Heavenly Father. Those given by His Spirit. Are we following our own hearts, which is a common expression in this generation, or are we following God’s heart?

Can He say of us that we will do everything that He wants us to do?

Are we serving our Heavenly Father in our own generation by fulfilling His plans and purposes, or are we self serving by working for only our plans purposes and desires? What is really in our heart to do?

Our Heavenly Father has appointed a specific and unique task for each of us to perform. Are we hoping He will ask someone else to do it? He knows how He made us and He knows what He is doing. Let’s stop making excuses and serve him today, He is sending us with a message and He has equipped us to go. Romans 8:30 This principle is woven throughout Scripture, illustrating that our Heavenly Father does not necessarily call the equipped, but rather equips those He calls, enabling them to fulfill His divine will.

It may not go or unfold as we think or try to plan, because when the Lord sends us to do His will the result of our going is irrelevant; for He uses us as He sees fit and His purposes will be accomplished regardless of the outcome we expect or experience. He will do a mighty work that will glorify His Name and we are to be satisfied to do our part and to wait and watch what He will do. He will never leave us unequipped for the life we face. He hears and answers every heart cry as we rely on Him all of our days, knowing that His plans will never fail as we obediently serve the Lord in our own generation, our heart will be after God’s own heart.

Shalom, shalom mishpachah/family

and cheverim/friends!

It’s all about Life and Relationship,

NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

NOT SURE?

YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.