“After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’” -Acts 13:22
These days there are a lot of people in the world who are identified as “role models”; athletes, singers, actors, authors. We ask our children what they want to be when they grow up; policemen, firemen, doctors, astronauts. The media talks about the wonderful things these people do; visit sick children, raise money for diseases, provide clothing, shelter and food to those that don’t have it. Don’t misinterpret what I am saying, these are wonderful acts and I wish that I was more of a philanthropist myself. Now that I am all grown up (yeah right), I understand more these days that what I choose to do with my heart is more important than anything else. And the state of my heart is what matters to God. What if I could have a heart like HIM?? Holy Cow! What if God would say, “I have found Todd, a man after my own heart”. What if God knew that I would do everything He wanted me to do? How different would my life be? Likely it would be less convenient. Probably I would have more enemies. Good chance that there would be many battles ahead. But something tells me that God would see me through. I don’t believe that we should ever get complacent in our efforts to please God. I don’t believe that we should ever stop trying to be more like Him. I know God never gets confused, but it sure would be cool if when He sees me coming, He asks, “Is that David? No. It is my servant Todd. He, too, is a man after my own heart. With him I am well pleased!”. Yeah, I wanna be like David.
Good for you Stuff 