Category Archives: Guidance
God Sees The Heart!
‘Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.” For God understands all hearts, and he sees you. He who guards your soul knows you knew. He will repay all people as their actions deserve’ Prov.24:12.
Do you care what God says about you? David survived all the negativity directly channeled at him and as a result his house became stronger and stronger but the house of Saul became weaker and weaker. This was because of David’s greatest asset – his heart. David kept the integrity his heart. If there is anything you need to guard with all your life in your walk with God, it is your heart. Jealousy, anger, theft, murder, fornication, wealth, wisdom, even the pure Read the rest of this entry
True Repentance I
‘“I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied, “Yes, but the Lord has forgiven you, and you won’t die for this sin. Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the Lordby doing this, your child will die.” 2Sam.12:13-14.
God was pained about David’s sin and the effects of his attempts to cover the sin. So God sent Nathan to confront him. Nathan confronted David, David repented and God assured him that he had been forgiven but God still punished him. [Please read 2Sam.12:7-14]. David sinned, David repented, God forgave him, but God still punished him. To whom much is given, much is expected. Permit me to illustrate; a man commits adultery with a lady that has H.I.V. He gets Read the rest of this entry
Heart Check XII
‘The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise’ Ps.51:17 [KJV]
A Repentant heart. David had a repentant heart. Please read Psalm 51 it is a classic on repentance. Psalm 51 was written when David slept with Bathsheba [2Sam.11]. David was strolling on the rooftop when kings went to war. So David was at ease when he should be at war. And he mistakenly saw Bathsheba naked having her bath. If you mistakenly see something, shouldn’t you quickly escape? Many people erroneously think because they mistakenly fell Read the rest of this entry
Heart Check XI
“And now, because of my devotion to the Temple of my God, I am giving all of my own private treasures of gold and silver to help in the construction. This is in addition to the building materials I have already collected for his holy Temple’ 1Chr.29:3
A Giving heart. David had a giving heart. David wanted to build a temple for the Lord. David was seeking to do for God what God had not even demanded and that touched the heart of the Lord so much. Please read 2 Samuel 7. ‘The king summoned Nathan the prophet. “Look,” David said, “I am living in a beautiful cedar palace, but the Ark of God is out there in a tent!” 2Sam.7:2. Which is why we must never forget where God has brought us from. David took it a Read the rest of this entry
Heart Check X
‘ “The Lord forbid that I should drink this!” he exclaimed. “This water is as precious as the blood of these men who risked their lives to bring it to me.” So David did not drink it…’ 2 Sam.23:17.
Harvest is more than seed. David had a loyal heart. David also had loyal men added to him. One of such men was Eleazer the son of Dodo. At some point Israel was in a battle so fierce and the Philistines so powerful that the whole battalion of Israel ran away leaving only David and Eleazer. And David and Eleazer stood back to back. Eleazer son of Dodo killed eight hundred men with his sword. By the time they finished fighting, his hand was stuck to the sword. Read the rest of this entry
Heart Check IX
‘One day David asked, “Is anyone in Saul’s family still alive – anyone to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”’ 2 Sam.9:1.
A Loyal heart. David’s heart was loyal. Sadly, loyalty is something that is becoming very scarce as the years goes by. But it is something that is always rewarded by heaven. David had a loyal heart, even to his dead friend Jonathan [2 Sam.9:1]. Imagine that, Jonathan was dead but David remained loyal to him. Many people are only loyal to people that they can get value from later. People are loyal only to people that they can get something from. So for a lot of Read the rest of this entry
Heart Check VII
‘Then David accepted her present and told her, “Return home in peace. I have heard what you said. We will not kill your husband.” 1 Sam.25:35
A lot of people vow or make decision to do the wrong thing. Then God in His mercy sends them an Abigail but they will insist on following through with the decision they have made because of pride even to the detriment of their souls.
When I read the story in 1 Samuel 25, I was saying to God that Abigail is not loyal to her husband. How can she say ‘I know Nabal is a wicked and ill-tempered man; please don’t pay any attention to him. He is a fool, just as his name suggests. But I never even saw the young men you sent’ 1Sam.25:25. Or does it not come across as that? But I understood that she was actually saving his life. What loyalty can be greater than that? But she was saying the truth also. Some women are so foolish, truth is stirring them in the face but they refuse to see the truth. Abigail was not just saying those things to flatter David; she believed so much in what she was saying. And Abigail said ‘And when the Lord has done these great things for you, please remember me, your servant!’ 1 Sam.25:31. David must have laughed and left. Abigail got home, Nabal was throwing a party, drinking himself to stupor and she left him. In the morning when the effect of the alcohol had worn off, Abigail told Nabal what David was going to do to him and Nabal had a heart attack just from hearing that David was coming for him. Ten days later, the Bible says that God smote Nabal and he died. Read the rest of this entry
Heart Check VI
‘David replied to Abigail, “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you to meet me today! Thank God for your good sense! Bless you for keeping me from murder and from carrying out vengeance with my own hands’ 1 Sam.25:32-33.
David had a Listening heart. I urge you to please read 1 Samuel 25 it is an amazing story. There was a wealthy man called Nabal. He had sheep, goats, cattle, and all sorts of livestock. In the wilderness, David met Nabal’s men and provided security for them. When he heard Nabal was shearing his sheep, David sent his boys to Nabal to congratulate him and ask him to share provisions with them. Now think about it, imagine you park your car in a Read the rest of this entry
Heart Check I
‘But now your kingdom must end, for the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart. The Lord has already appointed him to be the leader of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command’ 1Sam.13:14 .
David is so unique such that in the whole Bible, there is only one person named David. People’s names are usually repeated. Although it may not necessarily mean anything, yet I find it interesting and worth mentioning. David survived all the terrible things he went through because of one thing – his heart. David had his heart in the right place. How do you deal with a father in-law that is trying to pin you to the wall with a javelin? Physically, this is not Read the rest of this entry
What’s Your Excuse?
‘Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.” For God understands all hearts, and he sees you. He who guards your soul knows you knew. He will repay all people as their actions deserve’ Prov.24:12
David survived all the pressures of life because of his heart. David was sidelined, his own father, Jesse, and his brothers relegated him to the wilderness, David got a prize for killing goliath, the first daughter of Saul the king, but Saul gave his wife to somebody else. Imagine you have paid the bride price for your wife and then you go there to pick up your bride with your friends and find out that she has been given to someone else. But through all of this, David Read the rest of this entry
