Day 100 with David: Those who seek the heart of God will always find our Lord.

“Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion.” “I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. Serve the Lord with fear, And rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭2:6-8, 11-12‬ ‭NKJV

On our first day in our journey of “100 Days with David” we talked about the fact that David was “a man after God’s own heart.”

“But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’”

‭‭Acts 13:22‬ ‭NLT‬‬

David sought after the heart of God so intently—desiring to know Him intimately—that at times we see him prophetically speaking as in the place of Christ. This is beautifully illustrated in Psalms 22.

“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning? All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, “He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!” I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me. For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet; They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭22:1, 7-8, 14, 16, 18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Additionally, David prophetically declared concerning the rule of Christ, speaking in the Person of God:

“The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies! The Lord has sworn And will not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.””

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭110:1-2, 4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

In our portion from Psalms today we return to where we started: Psalms 2. Here we see David prophetically speaking of the eternal reign of the Messiah (as also seen above in psalms 110).

On our first day in this journey we talked about the fact that resistance against God’s rule is foolish and ultimately futile. For our last day in this journey the Lord brought me back to where we began to show me that it was because David sought after God’s heart that he saw the Messiah. It is impossible to successfully seek after God without recognizing Who Jesus Christ is. Jesus spoke of this fact very clearly as seen here:

“For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.”

‭‭John‬ ‭5:20-23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So, with all the wonderful things we have discovered over these 100 days, the Lord invariably brings me back to something He illustrated to me many years ago.

I was sitting in my kitchen and focused in on a drop of water on one of the windows. Amazingly, I saw that it was magnifying something all the way in the back of my yard, bringing it close. As I was wondering at this phenomenon the Lord clearly spoke to me saying “Everything you need to know about Me is seen through Jesus Christ.” You see, I had been asking the Lord how I could come to know Him more, how I could know His heart. Now—just as then—the Lord continues to bring me back to the truth that David knew:

Those who seek the heart of God will always find our Lord.

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