David: Commited to God

Opening Questions:

Over the past few weeks we have been going over the life of David. We have seen him in the good times and the bad times.

As we wrap up the summer series and the life of David, I want to review some key concepts and thoughts presented.

Question 1: Why was David chosen to be king?
Question 2: Why did David believe God would help him defeat Goliath?
Question 3: Why was Saul jealous of David?
Question 4: What was one of the 3 friendship characteristics that Jonathan showed David?
Question 5: What is 1 of the 2 things children can do to help contribute to healthy families? Question 6: What was the legacy that David left Solomon?

So, what do these concepts have to do with anything? Why should we care what happened to David or how he led his life?

Scripture

Well, let me as you this, as you look over the whole of David’s life, what stands out to you?

The thing that stood out to me was David’s commitment to God. Through the great times – being anointed king, beating Goliath and winning many battles, he kept His focus on God. In fact, I would venture to say that he was blessed because of his commitment and dedication to God.

But also in the bad times – when his sin with Bathsheba became known and when Absalom took over the Kingdom, David kept his commitment and devotion to God. He definitely strayed for a moment or so, but he quickly turned back to God
David’s life correlates directly with what it says in the Bible.

Read Joshua 1:8 – "Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful."
· By following God and using the Bible, the handbook for life, we will prosper and succeed in life – maybe not with wealth and riches, but we will succeed.
· It is when we turn our back on God’s plan, when things don’t quite go “as planned”.
· David epitomizes this – when he was following God, success followed. When he followed his own way, consequences followed.

When David was committed to God and his plan – his ways, David succeeded

When he strayed, things fell apart.

Application

Over this past summer, we have seen David’s commitment to God. Where is your commitment to God? Are you going after God’s plan and trust in his ways or are you still trying to figure out how you are going to make your life into something great.

Through the good and the bad, David constantly turned to God for direction and guidance.

Where do you turn? When good or bad things happen do you turn to God for guidance and direction or do you turn your back on Him and seek after temporary fixes?

We have to fix our eyes constantly on Christ to reap the rewards for following that is what David did. He kept his eyes fixed on God. Sure, he failed God occasionally, but he always returned to God.

What is 1 thing you can do this week to put your trust in God – as David did. Regardless of whether you feel like you are succeeding or failing, by putting our trust in God’s plan for our life, we can know for sure we are headed down the right path.

Pray