A happy ending !

Friday, March 18, 2022

A happy ending !

1 Chronicles 29:28 – He died in a happy old age, full of days, riches and honor. Then Solomon his son reigned in his place.

A servant of God said recently that what matters is to see the end of “things”. King David is an emblematic figure of the Old Testament : the man after the heart of God ! Immediately we think of his adulterous fall with Bathsheba, a fall complicated by a contracted murder, let us not be afraid of words. Was a man capable of these "infamies" able to have a future, especially a future in God ? Let us not forget that these acts were not done before his "conversion" but when he was fully in the call of God for his life !

When the Bible tells us that he was "the man after the heart of God", it means that he understood the heart of God ! The psalms he wrote show us all the knowledge he had of the character of God. If a man could "recover" from his mistakes, it was him because although he lived a thousand years before the era of grace, he had already understood all the meaning. David's strength was that he could present himself before God as he was, with all his human inadequacies, shortcomings and depraved human character. Even if he had to fear God's punishment, he preferred to "fall" into His hands because he knew, deep down inside, that his God is just and compassionate.

Despite the detractors of grace, David had a happy old age and his "end" was beautiful. Moreover, his "successor" to the throne was the second son who was born of his marriage to Beth Sheba, thus Solomon entering into the line of Jesus. Famous snub to all those who would have liked to see him pulverized, banished, rejected by God and potential candidate for hell !

We don't know where you are today. Perhaps you are living the experience of psalm 51 where you are confronted with your faults. If, like David, you allow your spirit to be contrite and rely on God's forgiveness, He will raise you up. Certainly you will have a happy future (Jeremiah 15.11) and your end will be to the glory of God. Far beyond what you can imagine, God will be able to use your own “mistakes” for his glory. Will you become a man, a woman, according to the heart of God ?

Good reflection !

Source (Ezekiel 37 Ministries) https://ez37m.com