'David'8...-The Man After Man's Own Heart! [1 Sam 18:7] / Paul's Bible Characters

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'David' 8...

-The Man After Man's 

Own Heart! 

[1 Sam 18:7]

 

/ Paul's Bible Characters 

 

/ By Paul

 

1. David had the perfect

courage that humans

could have. 

 

 

There are two kinds of 

courage,  physical courage

and moral courage.

 

 

1) Physical Courage:

 

 

This is an attitude of boldly

confronting personal risks,

 

 

and this courage

is accomplished primarily

on the basis of God's promise

 

 

and presence to those

who have faith.

 (Joshua)

 

 

2) Moral courage:

 

 

This is the courage of the heart

to face without shame on faith

and conscience, and this

courage is achieved primarily

 

 

on the basis of truth and

justice in the heart.

  (Daniel)

 

 

David's courage was so great.

That's because he had those

two kinds of courage from

his personal aspect.

 

 

It's not easy even for most

courageous ones to keep

either of them.

 

 

2. David had a special

friendship with his

friend Jonathan.

 

 

In the process of defeating

the same enemies

the Philistines,

 

 

the friendship between David

and Jonathan was unusually

established in mutual

strong faith.

 

 

There are three

characteristics of David's

friendship with Jonathan.

  (1 Sa. 18 : 1)

 

 

1) It was a friendship of a 

'bridge of the heart' that

shares the purpose and

direction of life.

 

 

2) It was a friendship of a 

'bridge of love' that could

sacrifice lives on behalf

of each other.

 

 

3) It was a friendship of a

' bridge of loyalty' that

affected the future

generations.

 

 

David showed the people

of his time the friendship

that Jesus showed to

his disciples, 'philia'.

 

 

3. David's affection was

the desire of pure human

instincts,

 

 

but later his love

was transformed into

full love of a personality.

 

 

Desire arises from cravings,

and is the expression of

instincts belonging to

the soul and body.

 

 

-David, who had fallen

into laziness with

abundance and peace,

 

 

made his spiritual life

indolent, and it led

him into sin.

 

 

David, who lost truth and

justice, even committed

murder,

 

 

but through seven days

of fasting and prayer of

repentance, he was forgiven

by God after all.

 

 

However, the reward for sins,

severely, had been the cause of

continued family misfortune.

 

 

Also, through God's discipline,

David had the experience

of sublimating the affection

of human desires into

pure love.

 

 

In other words,

he changed from the

view of seeing the opposite

sex as the object of the body

 

 

to the view of love, seeing

the person of spirit, soul,

and body.

 

 

Therefore, it is a good

example that King David

did not want to sleep with

her at all, even though

 

 

King David was assisted

by a girl named Abishag

due to his discomfort

in old age.

 

 

God's providence toward

humans shows that he is

God of great love that,

 

 

even though sin is handled

strictly, repentance will

forgive any sin.

 

 

Considering David the human,

his faith was outstanding

and there were many

wonderful things in him,

 

 

but he was also a man

with sinful nature.

 

 

As soon as he realized

he  committed a sin, he

repented immediately

before God.

 

 

And also through his

temperance, we can see

his sanctified image of 

 

 

never falling into the

same sin again.

 

 

Therefore,

how about becoming

the ones who love David,

 

 

who always wanted to be

the man after God's own

heart, and the ones

 

 

who put the entire life

of David in hearts as

a lesson in life?

 

      

- To Be Continue - 

 

 

2023/05/17(Tue)

 

/ By Paul