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1 Chronicles
16 gives the response from David to God.
The ark is in place and in Jerusalem.
The rest of the trip happened without incident.
David
praises God. He lifts up God and
remembers how God has served His people from the exodus onward. He praises God for bringing the people out
from their oppression in Egypt and raising them up to make a glorious nation. God deserves the praise and David gives it to
him.
This is
notable. David has his flaws. He can be a touch arrogant. He can’t seem to stop taking wives and having
children from every wife he takes. This doesn’t
mention the concubines. He doesn’t seem
to have any trouble at all helping the Philistines when it suits his pleasure
and then coming back and crushing him once his power is returned. In spite of all of these flaws, the one thing
that David doesn’t do is to go against his faith in God. He might not follow perfectly – or even close
to it – but he is always following.
God tells us
in His Word that David is a man after His own heart. This is what He means. David isn’t perfect. He has his flaws. But he is always pointed towards God. He never turns his back away from God. Even in sin, his heart is inclined towards
repentance.
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