THE COVENANT

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King David was a man after God's own heart.

You know that as well as I.

And like a few other saints of old, God made a covenant

with David.  A contract that God would not break. A

covenant with an individual.

Yes, I know.  We "Christians" are under a new covenant.

A "blanket" covenant provided by Christ's death for us.

But how many of us has God made a special, individual

covenant with????

 This morning while reading David's writings in the Psalms

God impressed something on me.  The two things that made

David special to God.

1.  All David's life was spent seeking after God.

As sister Deb said, he had a passion for God.

2.  David had an absolute total dependance on God.

No trusting in himself or anyone else.

Only God.

What keeps us from being a man or woman after God's 

own heart?  Only our selves.  The Devil himself cannot

keep us from totally seeking and trusting God - unless

we let him.

"Seek the LORD and his strength,

seek his presence continually!"

(Psalms 105:4 RSV)

"I wait patiently for God to save me;

I depend on him alone.

He alone protects and saves me;

he is my defender, 

and I shall never be defeated.

(Psalms 62:1 GNB)