By Akpeli Othuke Andrew
Anytime God describes someone as ‘a man after my own heart,’ study them carefully. Let us look at the life of David.
He had a humble start but a great finish. David began as a shepherd and ended up as a king. The chances of that happening were slim to none. In those days shepherds were so low on the totem pole that they couldn’t testify in a court of law; there word wasn’t considered reliable. Yet David ended up writing the most widely read and loved psalms of all time.
When you invite God into your life, He cancels the liabilities of your pas and rewrites your future. But you must choose what He has chosen for you. There is an interesting contrast between Paul and David. Paul ‘sowed his wild oats’ before he met Christ, then went on to live an exemplary life. David became a king at thirty; yet during his forty years in leadership he experienced devastating failure. There are two lessons here;
1. Don’t rush to judgement: It is not over until God says it’s over. David’s story is a warning to the transgressor, a rebuke to the self-righteous, a testimony to the justice of God that won’t allow us to escape our consequences, and to His love that will never let go of us.
2. God can bring good out of it: He can take every experience you have been through, both positive and negative, and make it work for good, either your good or the good of others. When you seek to fulfill God’s purposes in spite of your flaws, He makes ‘…all things work together for good…’ (Romans 8:28)
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