Before the coming of Christ was the reign of David. A shepherd who would become a King and start a line of rulers which God promised would never leave the throne of Israel. However, these rulers would stumble, fall, and fail. Until another King would come along, who would take on the mantle of shepherd.
David was described as a man after God’s own heart, and in his story we see not only similarities to Christ but how a man after God’s own heart still deals with struggles, failures, success and triumph. But in David’s own shortcomings we can also sense a longing for a greater man, more faithful shepherd and better King. David not only exemplifies a model for how to live as a man of God, he also points prophetically forward to the coming, life and reign of Christ.
What would it look like to be described as someone ‘after God’s own heart’?