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HEART THAT MATTERS 2

Text : Isaiah 66:2

 *....But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.* 

David was chosen as the king of Israel because he was a man after God's own heart. David was humble, contrite in spirit and trembles at God's word. Any man that has these three qualities in his life is the one that the Lord will look favourably at.

1. Humility: *It takes one who is humble and meek to attract God,* for God is a Humble God Himself. It takes Humility on God's part to behold the things that are in heaven and on earth.

 _The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!_ Psalms 113:4 & 6

David described humility while responding to his wife, Michal ( Saul's daughter). After he had danced before the ark, Michal despised David's dance before the Lord thus:

 _How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!_ 2King 6:20

 David's responded:* 

 _I will be still more lightly esteemed than this, and will humble and lower myself in my own sight [and yours]._ 2King 6:22

Michal was expecting David to do self-carriage and self-aggrandizement like her father( Saul). She was ignorant of the fact that one who will find and maintain God's favourable look must be humble. *You must see to it that the more the Lord raises YOU, the more you lightly esteem yourself and the more you abase yourself in your own estimation.* The world teaches a contrary lesson. And that was the lesson Michal had upheld. The result of her proud remark was barreness. 

 _Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death._ 2 Samuel 6:23

 *Do ensure to always resist and kick against Pride in your life, for God hates and resists the proud.* 

 *Always remember, there is nothing that you have that you were not given.* 

Bible Reading : 2 Samuel 6:12~23

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