Heralds Digest

  “ And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’ From this man’s seed, according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a Savior—Jesus—” Acts 13 : 22 - 23 NKJV It is instructive that the raising of king David teaches justification as a joint-venture between God and man. God found a submissive shepherd boy in David and justified him as a picture of Jesus Christ - ‘a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’ And even today, in just Jesus, we have a complete justification through the understanding of His grace for salvation and consistent revelation as the truth personified. Those who still struggle with self-will after their claimed encounter with Jesus are truly not submissive to the complete work of grace. Whereas, just as David endured the wilderness experience after being found by God, submission to the will of Go...

““For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption;” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭13:36‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/act.13.36.nkjv The difference between king Saul and David is apparently the position of self in the service delivered. The scriptural reference to the time when Saul was "little in his own eyes" suggests that God has a serious problem with the consideration of self in the service rendered before Him. Obviously, self-will and the will of God cannot co-exist. David wasn't a perfect man of God, but was always prompt in dropping self considerations in the pursuits of the will of God. Attractiveness of self to pleasures, privileges and positions in our generation is nothing different from the temptations before David in his generation. Sensitivity to the will of God above all self considerations, in all family, workplace, and fellowship service deliveries, is the only safe haven. Therefore, th...