David
was chosen by God because “he was a man
after God’s own heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7; Acts 13:22 Our all-knowing God knew David when he
was a mere substance in the earth. God knew David's end from his beginning. David knew this about God. He wrote about this in Psalm 139:15-16. “My frame was not hidden
from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the
depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body.” In the beginning, God
shaped and formed the first man out of the dust of the earth. We are all made
of the same substance of the earth -- water and dirt. We have to be reformed spiritually from the Second and Last
Adam – Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit and Word.
Know God and His Heart
David wanted
to truly know God. God knew this about David. He knew that David would draw
from the well of His Anointed Word, heart and character. And because of this,
God revealed things to David knowing David would understand His revelation
knowledge and do it.
God knew
David’s heart, and David was learning about God’s heart. Theirs was a deep and
abiding relationship. God would reshape and mold David’s heart so it reflected His
heart. David was willing. God begins with a willing heart. God cannot force His
revelation knowledge into an unwilling heart.
Become the Man or Woman
God Intends You to be.
David’s desire
was to become the person God intended him to be. David said in Psalm 139:23-24, “Search me, O God, and
know my heart, test me and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in
me and lead me to the way everlasting.” David didn’t want any sin in him to
displease God. He was willing to have God test him in His work of
sanctification within him. In Paul’s
letter to the Colossians, he and others had prayed unceasingly that God would
fill Timothy “with the knowledge of his
will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order
that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way:
bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being
strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may
have the great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the
Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the
kingdom of light.” Colossians 1:9-12 David understood this long before
Jesus came into the world. Timothy understood this too. To live in a manner worthy
of the Lord, we must be willing to allow God to teach us by the power of the
Word of truth, the Holy Spirit of truth, and anointed men and women of God.
Then we are to do the truth revealed. We must, of course, seek affirmation that
what is taught is the truth. The Holy Spirit – the Spirit of truth – will help
you in this.
Use the Revelation
Knowledge God Has Given You
Along the
journey of his transformation, David relied upon what he already had been shown
and knew of God. This, of course, is what followers of Christ are to do. Our
journey with God is a progressive and a never-ending one. Knowing God and
pleasing Him was David’s greatest desire and should be every believer’s desire.
When God revealed Jesus as His Beloved Son, He said He was “well-pleased” with Jesus. Why? Because Jesus only did what the
Father told Him to do and spoke only what God told Him to speak. His heart and
life belonged to God. Jesus wanted to bring glory to God in everything He did
and said. This should be every believer’s heart’s desire also.
David Instructs His Son
Solomon
When David was
about to turn the kingship over to his son Solomon, he told Solomon to “know” David’s God and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for
the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts.
If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will
reject you forever.” 1 Chronicles 28:9 Jesus said that those who seek Him will also find Him. Solomon built the earthly temple
of God according to the instructions given him by his father David who received
the instructions from the Heavenly Father. David supplied his son Solomon with
everything he needed to build a house for God. David shared the plans given him by God for Solomon to use in building God's temple on earth. David also gave Solomon the wisdom, location, land, money, materials, workers and the temple
servants to run it. Jesus too has everything He needs given by the Father to
build God’s eternal, spiritual temple in the hearts of those who love and follow
His Son. Jesus will not use human wisdom but will use the wisdom of God in His Word and the power of the Holy
Spirit. Like Jesus, those who love and serve Jesus are to use His powerful Word and Holy Spirit to build His temple in the hearts of others.
Jesus always
takes the external internal. As it was all about David’s heart with God, it is
all about our hearts with Jesus. David
told Solomon, “The Lord has chosen you
to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and do it.” God would not let
David build His House because he was a warrior and had blood on his hands. His
son Solomon, the King of peace, will build the earthly, temporary temple until
Jesus the eternal King of Peace comes to build God’s eternal temple in the
hearts of those who love and serve Him. Jesus came as the King of peace the first time. He will come as the Mighty Warrior the next time. David and Solomon, his son, are a type
and shadow of God and Jesus, the King of Peace and Mighty Warrior, building His spiritual temple
on earth as it is in heaven in the hearts of those who love and follow His
Chosen and Precious Son Jesus. Jesus too has given us all we need to build His
temple in the hearts of mankind. He gave us the power of His Word and His Spirit so we can carry out the will of God in our lives. We are His servants.
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