Turn To The LORD

There are many who say, "Who will show us any good?" LORD, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us. (Psalm 4:6)

• We often develop a pessimistic outlook in our world today.
   
• The front page of the newspapers and the top stories on the Internet or television are often filled with crime, accidents, politics, the economy, and prominent people behaving badly.
   
• Our conversations at work and home often dwell on difficulties and problems.
   
• Often we get discouraged and despair in the thought that nothing will ever change, and that what we do doesn't matter anymore.
   
• We said, “Who will show us any good? Where can we turn for better news?”
   
• Psalm 4 told us that David was different.
   
• In the midst of his troubles, David turned to the Lord.
   
• Instead of hoping for temporary good from altered circumstances, he found unceasing encouragement in God.
   
• David prayed to God, “Lord, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us” (Psalm 4:6).
   
• The result was a gladness of heart that surpassed any earthly prosperity or success.
   
• Throughout David’s life, before and after he became king of Israel, he was never without opposition.
   
• But at the end of the day, he could always say, “I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.” (Psalm 4:8).
   
• The conviction and faith that “God cares for us” is always a good way to begin and end our day.
   
• Let us confide in God, knowing that He will always keep us safe and prosper us.
   
• God is always our dwelling place in our life’s storms.

A Man After God's Own Heart

Acts 13:22

The Story
Three thousand years ago, God chose David to be the king of Israel.

• Out of all the sons of Jesse, the favor of God landed on David.
• David was the youngest son of a poor farmer from the tiny village of Bethlehem.
• David was not even respected by his own family.
• Davis was a nobody living in a family of nobodies.
  

But by the grace of God

• David became the greatest king in the history of the nation of Israel.
• David became an ancestor of the LORD Jesus Christ.
• David was listed among the great heroes of the faith in Hebrew 11.
• David received great promises and remarkable blessings from the hand of God.
• But... greatest of all – David became a man after God's own heart.
  

Lessons

• David was not perfect. He failed and he failed big.
  
• But David was quick to confess and he manifested genuine heart repentance.
• Through David we learn about obedience, faith and worship.
• Through David, we learn how to be a man after God's own heart.