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| A Musician After God's Own Heart |
Date Posted:
1/3/2005
Author:
Brian Bergman
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I think it would be good to talk about Davids. Specifically, David Duchovny, David Spade, and David Robinson. Recognize their names? All of them are nice enough guys, I’m sure. David Duchovny is “that guy” from the X-Files. David Spade is “that guy” from Saturday Night Live. David Robinson is “that guy” who played center for the San Antonio Spurs. All of them are Davids and all of them have memorable identities. If you saw pictures of them most of you would recognize them and where you knew them from. They are easy to place because they are well known for being something.
The last David I want to talk about is King David. What are the descriptions that pop into your head when you think of him? Musician? Poet? Warrior? King? Adulterer? Shepherd? Now narrow it down to the one thing that he’s most known for from scripture. Focus it in on the one thing that he was known for being. Out of all of his exploits and adventures, out of all of his victories and failures, he will always be known as a man after God’s own heart.
Let’s take a minute and soak that up. Of all the things he’s known for, the chief one is being a man after God’s own heart.
We may think of him as David the musician, since music is so close to our hearts. That’s a great thing, but is that something to be known for? We may think of him as king because that was his title. We may think of him as the son of Jesse because that was his lineage. We may think of him as a thousand different things, but only one really matters.
“…whom He also testified and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will." Acts 13:22
As we improve our skills and develop our talents it’s possible to make a name for ourselves through those things. Sometimes it’s even inevitable. People know us for what we do but that isn’t the finish line. The pull in our hearts has to be constantly realigned in the light of that simple phrase…after God’s own heart. The pull of the stage is to be all about our skills and ourselves. The pull of Jesus is to be all about Him. The pull of the spotlight is for us to be noticed and revered. The pull of a heart for Jesus is for Him to be noticed and revered.
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