God's Heart
1 Samuel 2:35
I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his house, and he will minister before my anointed one always.
This comes right after the last heart, and God is still talking. I find this verse very interesting. So much is packed into these two sentences. Let me look at the heart first, before I get side-tracked.
God's definition of a faithful priest is one who will do according to what is in His heart. God's heart. God's seat of the affections, passions, and emotions, as distinguished from the intellect and will; hence, God's tenderness, sympathy, affection; also, God's courage, spirit, energy; God's secret thoughts, innermost soul, conscience; God's personality as a vital or active force; as to love with one's whole heart; the vital, inner or chief part of anything; the center; core.
I would very much like to do according to God's heart. My only goal must be to do according to God's heart and mind as I know it, to be the faithful servant.
I also wanted to look at that intriguing second sentence. Maybe it isn't so mysterious. He must have been talking about Samuel. Was Saul or David God's anointed? Were they both? Samuel did minister before them. But I don't see that his house was established. His sons were so crooked they motivated Israel to demand a king. Samuel himself had a good run.
But he was an Ephraimite. I'm trying to figure out what happened to the Levite priests. David restored the Levites to temple service. That must have gotten lost in the dark days of the judges.
Well, the history is very interesting. What I want to remember, though, is living my life according to God's heart and mind.
I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his house, and he will minister before my anointed one always.
This comes right after the last heart, and God is still talking. I find this verse very interesting. So much is packed into these two sentences. Let me look at the heart first, before I get side-tracked.
God's definition of a faithful priest is one who will do according to what is in His heart. God's heart. God's seat of the affections, passions, and emotions, as distinguished from the intellect and will; hence, God's tenderness, sympathy, affection; also, God's courage, spirit, energy; God's secret thoughts, innermost soul, conscience; God's personality as a vital or active force; as to love with one's whole heart; the vital, inner or chief part of anything; the center; core.
I would very much like to do according to God's heart. My only goal must be to do according to God's heart and mind as I know it, to be the faithful servant.
I also wanted to look at that intriguing second sentence. Maybe it isn't so mysterious. He must have been talking about Samuel. Was Saul or David God's anointed? Were they both? Samuel did minister before them. But I don't see that his house was established. His sons were so crooked they motivated Israel to demand a king. Samuel himself had a good run.
But he was an Ephraimite. I'm trying to figure out what happened to the Levite priests. David restored the Levites to temple service. That must have gotten lost in the dark days of the judges.
Well, the history is very interesting. What I want to remember, though, is living my life according to God's heart and mind.
posted by ruthees @ 1:15 PM
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