We can be after God's own Heart

Baptist Daily Devotional
Jul 26
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Rev. Enoch Thompson | July 26 2025 | Acts 13:16-22

KEY VERSE: “ After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do. '” Acts 13:22 (NIV)

MESSAGE:

The misconduct of the people of Israel and their demand for a king when God was their King did not mean that the whole bunch was rotten. There were individuals in Israel that God was satisfied with. Such a man was David, whom God found and made king. Concerning David, God could say, ‘I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ Acts 13:22 (NIV).

The ascended glorified Christ who issued the messages to the seven churches of Asia Minor, in Revelations chapters 2 and 3 was seen by the Apostle John to be walking among the seven golden lampstands, a depiction of the continual inspection of the Church by the Lord of the Church, to weigh His people and to assess the rightness or otherwise of our hearts and ways. God is still looking among humans and making His assessment of our acceptability or otherwise to Him. “A man after my own heart,” what a thing to be said by God about a man! What does God say about you?

FEET AND HANDS FOR THE MESSAGE:

Please bring your heart before God in quiet reflection and ask for His light to be thrown upon the state of your soul. In sincere, honest openness to God who sees and knows all things, yield to His verdict and ask for grace to be the person after God’s own heart.

PRAYER:

Dear righteous Heavenly Father, just judge of the hearts of humans, I come to you with an open heart and seek your verdict on who I truly am and where I actually stand.

I seek your cleansing and your power. Help me by your Holy Spirit that I might become acceptable and presentable to you through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. May your Church become such that you can say you are pleased with it. For Christ’s dear Name’s sake, Amen.

THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING.

SHOWERS! BLESSINGS!!

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DAILY word study: HEART

The word “heart” in Acts 13:22 is from the Greek kardia (καρδία), meaning the inner life, thoughts, desires, and will of a person.

When God says David is a man after His own heart, it means David’s desires and will aligned with God’s. This wasn’t about perfection. It was about intention, surrender, and obedience. God still weighs the heart. Not our church attendance, titles, or achievements—but our true motives, our quiet decisions, our inner yes to His will.

Reflect on this:

God looks at your heart—your quiet yes, your real motives. Is your heart truly aligned with His will?