THE DAVID IN ME

THE DAVID IN ME

By Rev. Harold Mauldin

I Chronicles 29: 10-15 10) Wheefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation and David said, "Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel, our father, for ever and ever. 11) Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory and the victory, and majesty. For all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine. Thine is the kingdom O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12) Both riches and honour come of thee and thou reignest over all and in thine hand is power and might and in thine hand it is to make great and to give strength to all 13) Now therefore, our God, we thank thee and praise thy glorious name. 14) But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come of thee and of thine own we have given thee. 15) For we are strangers before thee and sojourners as were all our fathers. Our days on the earth are as a shadow and there is none abiding.

David blessed the Lord before the entire congregation. He spoke of the greatness, riches and glory of God. He acknowledged that God was and is head above all. David had a heart to worship God.

David also knew his place in God's presence when he says, "Who am I, for all things come of Thee. I am as a stranger and my days are like a shadow and I will not abide here forever. David was a man after God's own heart.

David is one of the most prominent figures in the history of the world. He is the most famous ancestor of Jesus Christ. Jesus is not called the Son of Abraham, or the Son of Jacob, but the Son of David. His life was a strange mixture of good and evil. It was filled with great deeds and awesome accomplishments. Yet, his life was also stained with tremendous sins. No other Bible character defines the range of human emotion and nature like David. Just think of it, the very man that committed murder also wrote the 23rd Psalm of which part of it says, "surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life." He is noted in I Samuel 13:14 as being a man after God's own heart. The fact that he pursued God in spite of his failures makes him a hero among the people of Israel as well as the people of faith.

David was known in his youth as being an athlete being very skilled with his slingshot and running to keep up with the flock. HE also was a skilled musician. He was summoned to the King's court to play before the King. He wrote some of the greatest poetry known to man. He was a courageous military man and had great success. HE is often considered the greatest King in the history of Israel. David would definitely be considered a successful man at any level.

By any man's standard, David was a man you would want to be like. He would be a man that you would love your son to become. However, there is another side to the story. This same David observed a woman that was not his and desired to have her. Then he set up a scheme to have her husband killed. This same David lived a portion of his life in rebellion with people who were against the things of God. This same David numbered the kingdom going against the will of God. David, the man after God's own heart was often a traitor to the things of God.

Every man has a David in them. Isaiah 53: says that all we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way. There is a way to us that seems right but the way is death. We are our own worst enemy. Think of the person you consider your worst enemy. Now, you are about ten times worse than that person could every be. When other people hurt us, we throw up our wall and refuse to let them in but we continue to hurt ourselves by making the same mistakes over and over again. We cannot escape ourselves. We are who we are. There is a constant battle going on in the hearts of man. That battle has a lot at stake. It is a battle for the soul.

Our flesh is flesh. That's all it is. That is all that it will ever be. The spirit has limitations. It can only go so far. The breath from which it came limits it. When we give in to the spirit, we have spirit. We see spiritually. Our view is spirit. We often battle people in the world because they don't see things our way. Spirit is spirit. That's just the way it is.

When David saw and heard Goliath challenging the army of Israel, something in his spirit jumped. He looked beyond his fleshly limitations and said, "Is there not a cause?" David had a passion for the things of the spirit. Anything David did he did with passion. He had already killed a lion and a bear. This giant appeared as nothing to David. In fact, David never referred to Goliath as a giant. People that are anointed aren't afraid of the might of man.

Throughout his life, David had his good times and bad times. We all have days when we feel like we can take on any giant. Then there are days that we feel like a big loser. The David in us wants to run and quit. The flesh and spirit battle daily. Here is what Paul is trying to explain in Romans 7: 14-25:

1) God is Spirit....we are flesh
2) The godly things I want to do, I do not
3) I commit sin even when I don't want to (It's the David in me)
4) When I make a mistake, sin is in me
5) In my flesh no good thing dwells (It's the David in me)
6) God's will is in me (It's the David in me) but I don't know how to do it by myself 7) When I would do good, evil is present with me
8) I am the happiest when I am doing God's will
9) There is a war in my mind (Just like David)
10) O wretched man that I am Who shall deliever me from myself (The David in me)
11) In my mind I serve the law of God even though my flesh wants to sin

The David in me wants to do good. The David in me wants to rejoice and dance. The David in me wants to be in control. The David in me may fail. The David in me wants to please the Lord.

In II Samuel 12, we find David at the lowest point of his life. He has committed adultery with Bathsheba and has had her husband murdered. Not only that, he continues to conceal the matter and doesn't take it to God. THE SIN IS NOT THE PROBLEM. IT IS WHEN WE REFUSE TO TAKE IT TO GOD. THAT IS WHEN WE GET INTO TROUBLE. David had a visit from Nathan the Prophet. Nathan boldly walked into David's court and in front of everyone he confronted David and brought to light what David had done. The moment David repents God forgives him. However, Nathan said that the child Bathsheba would bear would die.

II Samuel 12: 16-23

1) David prayed to God for his child
2) David would not eat or raise up
3) On the 7th day, the child died
4) The servants were afraid to tell David
5) David asked, "Is the Child dead?" They told him he was dead.
6) DAVID:

A) Arose
B) Washed
C) Anointed himself
D) Changed his clothes
E) Went to the house of God
F) Worshipped

The people asked David why he acted this way. David said, while the child was alive I fasted and wept because I knew there was a chance that God would be gracious. But now he is dead, I cannot bring him back again. He cannot come to me but I can come to him.

Where is the David in you? Is he on the battlefield? Is he running from the things of God. Is he worshipping in the field with smelly sheep? Here is what needs to happen to the David in you..

1) arise
2) wash yourself in the name of the Lord
3) let the anointing flow on you
4) put on the garment of praise
5) make your body a temple of God
6) worship!

My people are frustrated because most of their worship is surface!