Thoughts for another day

April 21, 2010

Today's verse: 1 Ch. 28:9. 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. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

David lived a life pleasing to the Lord. Though he sinned, he always came back to Him, repenting for his sin. His heart was perfect in faithfulness to the Lord, even if at times there were cracks in it. God understands that men are to fall and what pleases the Almighty is when a man repents, turns back and seeks Him; and He is quick to forgive. David had learnt his lessons in his fellowship with God and he knew how to be devoted to God.

Toward the end of his career, he calls the assembly of his people, telling them about his desire to build God a temple and how God had disallowed that saying his son Solomon will build it. In his oratory, he asks the Israelites to be faithful to God, following Him all their lives. Turning to Solomon, he utters the words of our above Scripture; asking Solomon to serve God willingly, with a perfect heart. David tells Solomon that the Lord searches all hearts and knows the deep thoughts therein, understanding all man’s thoughts for He knew them to the core. Further, David tells him something very important: If he sought the Lord, He would be found of him but if he forsook Him, then God would cast him off forever.

When I ponder on these Words I can clearly see David’s relationship with God and God’s blessing on his life, because David followed Him honestly and diligently and had fellowship with Him always. David had seen God’s hand in his life and witnessed God’s power which had raised him from being a shepherd, making him a king. David as it were knew God’s heart itself and sought to follow it as God Himself testifies to it when He says of David, ‘A man after My own heart.’ What a beautiful time David must have had with God and truly I can feel David’s life inundated with anointing and blessings from God; wherefrom David exhorts Solomon. Today, I pray all of us follow David’s exhortation so that just as God had been with David, He will be with us too.