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Encouragement for your daily walk with God
It was said of Israel’s King David that he was “man after God’s own heart.” Considering his lust for, and adulterous affair with Bathsheba, and the murder of her husband, the Lord's description of him is remarkable. How is that description of him possible? A man after God’s heart, really!
The answer is as simple as it is profound: God did not regard David according to the actions of his sinful nature, but according to the deepest motivations and disposition of his heart. When the prophet Nathan confronted David with his sin, his response was immediate; total confession and repentance—a broken and contrite heart. No excuses, no rationalization, no resistence, no self-justification, no self-righteousness; only the realization of his absolute need for God’s mercy.
The immediacy and completeness of David's confession qualified him for the Lord's forgiveness and mercy while saving and restoring him to that most treasured relationship of his life, his relationship with the Lord God of Israel.
Neither will God define you, dear Christ follower, by your failures. It's our love for Him and our honesty before Him that reveals a true walk of faith. So if and when you fall, when you really mess things up, when sin gets the best of you, then come clean. Confess. Take full responsibility for your sin without complaint. Allow the Lord to forgive and restore you completely and then continue on your journey with Him. That was David's heart. And yours?
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Psalms 51:10-12
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