Scripture Text: "And thou,
Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy
father, and serve him with a perfect heart
and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all
the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou
seek him, he will be found of thee; but if
thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for
ever. I Chronicles 28:9 (KJV)
What a powerful admonition and blessing that
a Father can bestow upon his son.
Obviously David was wounded in his spirit
for his wrongs in life. Look at what he says
there in verse 2 and 3 of 1 Chronicles 28:
"Then David the king stood
up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my
brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in
mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, and for the
footstool of our God, and had made ready for the
building: But God said unto me, Thou shalt not
build an house for my name, because thou hast
been a man of war, and hast shed blood."
In his quest to be King and leader of the
people Israel, to be a man after God's own
heart, David found himself in many
precarious situations being led by his lust
rather than by the spirit of God. Sound
familiar?
I can't tell you how many times I have
thought I was working for God and yet I have
merely been busy with something of my own
choosing rather than that of God's anointing
upon me. Now, I've got to tell you: I'd much
rather have His anointing than I would be
busy at something that was merely of my
choosing. But wait! Just as David was
effective in what he did in God's Name, and
just as he worked the works of God as he
seen fit to do it and was successful as a
king and leader of the nation of Israel, he
didn't have the approval of the Lord.
You and I can be as busy as we want to be
for God - maybe even trying to be better at
something than somebody else is, yet if it
isn't what the Lord wants; if it doesn't
have his stamp of approval on it, and is not
the will of God for your life, God
will express his displeasure in one form or
another because it is not what He desired
for you.
In David's case, it wasn't that he had been
doing the wrong thing - he just hadn't been
doing it the right way. Unless we seek God
every day - with our whole heart, we will
never know His complete will for our lives.
Let's pray. Father,
A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify,
A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky.
To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfill:
O may it all my powers engage
To do my Master’s will!
Arm me with jealous care,
As in Thy sight to live;
And O Thy servant, Lord, prepare
A strict account to give!
Help me to watch and pray,
And on Thyself rely,
Assured, if I my trust betray,
I shall for ever die.
--Charles Wesley 1707-1788--
