King David was not born into a noble family. In fact, David was a shepherd boy from the town of Bethlehem. David was the youngest son of many sons born of Jesse. David would spend hours by himself tending to his sheep and when he was out in the wilderness he would walk and talk with the Lord. The Bible says that God called David a man after his own heart (Acts 13:22). God would send Saul to the house of Jesse to find David and after some trials and tribulations David would eventually rule Israel as King. In 2 Samuel 5:4 it says, “David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.”
King David had many accomplishments in his life as well as many downfalls. One of the great accomplishments was his battle and defeat of Goliath and the Philistines. As gruesome as that story is, it really shows the courage God had given David. Many people quaked with fear over Goliath, but not David.
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He loved the Lord very much that is true. However, King David was also not without sin. He fell in love with and had sex with a married woman named Bathsheba. David then had Bathsheba’s husband murdered. Yet time and time again we see that love that God had for David. God knows we are human, He knows we are going to fail. God was not shocked by David’s sin, he might have been grieved and saddened for sure, but I don’t think David’s sin threw God off kilter. Jeremiah 17:10 says, “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind”. God knew what David was thinking. God knew David’s heart and mind. David was always quick to beg for forgiveness. David was quick to turn his eyes back to the Lord and seek the Lord. This is what God wants from us. He knows I am going to mess up. God is not shocked when I do mess up. What God wants though is that relationship. He wants me to come to Him when I’ve sinned, turn my eyes back to Him, ask for forgiveness and then keep walking in my walk with Him just like King David did time and time