Monday, January 19 David . . . , a man agreeable to my heart.​—Acts 13:22.

[Anniebea]

Monday, January 19

David . . . , a man agreeable to my heart.—Acts 13:22.

 

David was a great king. He was also a musician, a poet, a warrior, and a prophet. He experienced many trials. For some years, he lived as a fugitive, fleeing from jealous King Saul. After becoming king, David again had to run for his life when his son Absalom tried to steal his throne. Despite David’s difficulties and personal failings, he proved loyal to God to the end of his life. Jehovah described him as “a man agreeable to [His] heart.” So David’s counsel is worth listening to! (1 Ki. 15:5) Consider, for example, the counsel that David gave to his son and successor, Solomon. The young man had been chosen by Jehovah to continue to promote pure worship and to build a temple to honor God. (1 Chron. 22:5) Solomon would face difficulties. What would David say to him? David told his son that if he obeyed Jehovah, he would succeed in life.—1 Ki. 2:2, 3. w24.11 10 ¶9-11

[dljbsp]

What stands out to me is that David’s value didn’t come from a smooth life or a clean record. It came from where he kept turning. He failed, yes—but he didn’t relocate his heart. Pressure pushed him toward Jehovah, not away. 

 

His counsel to Solomon wasn’t clever advice or leadership strategy. He lived it. Obedience wasn’t theory to him. It was survival. It was the only way to be standing when everything else collapsed.
 

That’s why the counsel is beneficial. Not because David always succeeded—but rather when he didn’t, he still listened. 

“For even if the righteous one falls seven times, he will get up again.” — Proverbs 24:16a, NWT

[Vincent Callahan]

Ok, so it says that David was a man agreeable to Jehovah's heart and that makes me think of a couple Scriptures. It also makes me think of the way David understood what was important to Jehovah. 

 

The first Scripture I wanted to look at is one we are very familiar with because it speaks on how we should view people, the way Jehovah views people:

 

1 Samuel 16:7

But Jehovah said to Samuel: “Do not pay attention to his appearance and how tall he is, for I have rejected him. For the way man sees is not the way God sees, because mere man sees what appears to the eyes, but Jehovah sees into the heart.”

 

Another Scripture I want to look at is from Psalm and is one that I share with others alot who are experiencing heart break usually over the death of a loved one:

 

Psalm 34:18

Jehovah is close to the brokenhearted; He saves those who are crushed in spirit.

 

The psalmist hear had a clear understanding of the type of heart condition that Jehovah responds to or notices and David I believe he had a great understanding of this.

 

Ok, I want to look at two more verses from Psalm one is from my favorite Psalm which is in Psalm 19. 

 

Psalm 19:14

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

Be pleasing to you, O Jehovah, my Rock and my Redeemer.

 

So, you see that the psalmist that wrote these Scriptures had a deep understanding of how Jehovah viewed the heart or the 'innermost being'. 

 

The last Scripture I want to share is from Psalm 51. 

 

Psalm 51:6

Look! You find pleasure in truth in the inner person;

Teach my innermost self true wisdom.

 

 

 

[tmm]

Beautifully expressed, David, especially: "He failed, yes—but he didn’t relocate his heart. Pressure pushed him toward Jehovah, not away."

Considering the text again, I thought of how Jehovah was so forgiving and wise that, due to David's complete and utter repentance and taking his correction as he needed to, Jehovah wiped the slate clean and could view him at the end of his life as someone "agreeable" to his heart.

It had me pondering about how Lot, despite some unwise moments, was called "righteous Lot" for all time.

Jehovah's love is wider and deeper than we humans could even grasp fully at this present time in human history.