After God's Own Heart

Psalm 63:1-8 (TPT) O God of my life, I’m lovesick for you in this weary wilderness. I thirst with the deepest longings to love you more, with cravings in my heart that can’t be described. Such yearning grips my soul for you, my God! I’m energized every time I enter your heavenly sanctuary to seek more of your power and drink in more of your glory. For your tender mercies mean more to me than life itself. How I love and praise you, God! Daily I will worship you passionately and with all my heart. My arms will wave to you like banners of praise. I overflow with praise when I come before you, for the anointing of your presence satisfies me like nothing else. You are such a rich banquet of pleasure to my soul. I lie awake each night thinking of you and reflecting on how you help me like a father. I sing through the night under your splendor-shadow, offering up to you my songs of delight and joy! With passion I pursue and cling to you. Because I feel your grip on my life, I keep my soul close to your heart.

Acts 13:22 (KJV) And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

Interesting, isn't it? A man with so many moral failures yet God considered him a man after His own heart... isn't that what we so desire to be called? A person who seeks after God in a way that touches His heart! I know that's my passion and desire. But how could a man who performed such horrendous acts be honored in such a way?

David's passion and love for God was so evident in his life. Yes, he did things that he was not proud of, but he had a heart of repentance and a passion for worshiping God! As you read the two scriptures above you cannot deny who he lived for and who he passionately loved. A man after His own heart who was willing to fulfill ALL God's will at all costs.

Yes, we are called to live a life of holiness and purity but don't allow the enemy to turn you away from God in shame when you too do things that you're not proud of. There may be discipline involved, and that's ok, we learn and grow from that, but there's also His open arms of love. Repent of your sins and allow His crimson blood to wash you clean, seek Him, surrender every area of your life, do all His will, and give Him your highest praise and uninhibited worship! That's what He desires and those are the ones He calls a man or woman after His own heart!