Letter From God 14
King DavidA Man After Our Lord God's Heart
WRITING "LETTER FROM GOD" 14
Thank you for your interest in the life of David, a true servant of
the Lord. God chose David to be the king of his people, the Israelites.
Book 13 covered the Lord’s preparation of this young shepherd to
be God’s greatest king of all time. While tending his father’s
sheep, the Lord trained David to be a fantastic warrior and leader with
confidence and courage.
As a young shepherd, when David wanted to know about the Lord, the Lord
gave him revelation messages. When David wanted to know more, the Lord
gave him more revelation and David’s love and trust for the Lord
grew.
Using God’s messages gave David the Lord’s thinking. David
wrote songs from these messages and sang them to calm the sheep. These
were the songs David sang to calm King Saul. Throughout his life, David
continued to write and compose songs about the Lord. We are grateful we
have these songs today in the book of Psalms in God’s letter, our
Bible.
Traveling through David’s reign, we share David’s excitement
as he found and brought the Ark of the Lord back into the Tabernacle.
David knew the Ark, with the Lord’s presence, was an important part
of the worship service of God’s people.
We felt the awe David had for the Lord when he received the promises that
were an extension of the contract promises given to Abraham. The Lord
promised David that he was the first of a dynasty that would continue
forever! From David’s descendants would come the promised Messiah-Savior
who would rule forever!
We see how fast the dying David moved when he heard his son Adonijah,
with the help of the high priest Abiathar and General Joab, set himself
up as King of Israel. David knew God chose his son Solomon to be the next
king of Israel.
We share the happiness of the dying David as his son Solomon was anointed
king. David was overjoyed as he handed young Solomon the blueprints of
the temple David received from the Lord.
Today we see lessons for us from the life of David. His patient waiting
for God’s timing to take over the reign of the country and his decisions
when he took his eyes off the Lord and left the plan of God. These decisions
show us that if the winner believer David can fail and recover, so can
we.
We need to learn from David’s mistakes and victories. We noted
that when David confessed and took in more of God’s messages, he
became a stronger winner believer enjoying the Lord’s many blessings.
