God's Heart

Why did God call David, a man after my own heart? David, the adulterer, conniver, murderer? Because David's whole being was consumed with desire to be with God, in God's presence. David fled to God, sins and all, because he trusted God. He knew God. He loved God with his whole being.

I've observed countless teens treat their parents like discarded potato peelings, yet in a crisis go running to them. Why? Because the kids understand relationship. They know that they know that Mom and Dad are Mom and Dad no matter what stupidity the kid acts out.

David understood relationship. He knew that he knew that the Almighty Father loved him ... no matter what. Isn't it interesting that David begs God not to remove His Holy Spirit in Psalm 51 - the famed "prayer of repentance"? So, can we conclude that God's spirit rested on him before he repented? It appears that way.

After years of worrying whether I "please" God or not, I now rest in relationship. He is my Papa and I am his daughter. I may stumble, fall, do stupid things, but I cannot sever that relationship. My heart rests in Him and who He is, not in me and what I may do, or fail to do.

My soul pants after You, O God. My inner being thirsts for God, for the Living God: when will I come and appear before God? Psalm 42:2,3