David's Journal

I am never long out of the Psalms. I love to read David’s daily journal—his ups and downs, fears and confidence, doubts and faith, along with his sins and godliness—they have all been a stabilizing factor in my Christian life.

The man after God’s own heart was, after all, just that—a man. He didn’t profess to be anything else. He never lost his wonder of God, or of His using him. How his words to the Lord always move me when I read them. As he sits before God, he says, “Who am I, O Lord God?” He was never a king in his own sight, but always the lowly shepherd boy that God had taken from following the sheep.

God knew something about David that he didn’t let the rest of us in on. And so it is with all of God’s chosen vessels; there is something between them and their Maker that this carnal world cannot figure out. It matters little what others say or think, if you’re a “man approved of God.”

“But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.” (Psl. 4:3)