David's Spiritual Secret

So, whose life is considered important to God? Well, who did God chose to write more about than any other single person in the whole history of the world? The answer is the young man we are going to meet in this study.

Please open to Acts 13:22 '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.'

And what does someone look like that is "God-hearted"? It is a whole new way of looking at life as Paul continues and says—

Acts 13:36 'For when David had served God's purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his fathers and his body decayed.'

David was "God-hearted" which meant he served God's purposes. The word "served" is the verb form (hupereteo) of the word for an under rower (huperetes) that we have often studied as a model of how to serve the Lord.

David was under God's command, he did what the Lord asked him to do, willingly unseen and obscure—always wanting the Lord to get all the glory. A simpler way to say that is—David was God's servant all his days. No wonder Paul uses the very same concept to describe his own life and ministry.

There are more chapters (141) devoted to the life of David than any other person next to God Himself—in all of His Word. That is a profound truth.