of a man after God’s own heart

What makes up your ‘world’? Your home; your family; your career; your savings; your reputation; your responsibilities . . . what else is in there? When you pack everything in, just how big is your kingdom?

It’s so easy to become kings and queens of our little empires; living to build our own legacy. If anyone could have done that, surely it was King David.

Israel was the crown jewel of the world’s power. And David was Israel’s finest king. But King David’s heart was always focused on God’s greatness, not his own.

Rather than getting puffed up about everything that belonged to him, David laid it all out before God: “Everything in heaven and earth is yours.” He even went so far as to say, “Who am I that I could have so much to offer you?”

In his humility, David prayed his son would continue leading the people to wholehearted devotion to the Lord. He knew how easy it is to become loyal to ourselves and our kingdoms, rather than to the true King who deserves it all.

At the very end of his life, David imparted one last life-lesson: our lives become so much more when they are humbly entrusted to the King of kings.

PRAYER: 2 Chronicles 20:2-12

ANSWER: 2 Chronicles 20:13-30