David Walked With God In Worship

 Temple Baptist Church - 7-16-2023

Psalm 23

 

Introduction:

 

A.  This morning, I want to look at David, the greatest king in Israel’s history.  The Star of David gallantly waves over Israel unto this day because of his greatness in both the sight of man and in the sight of God.

 

B.  David, a man greatly revered by his people and friends and a man greatly feared by his enemies.

 

1.  David was a man of great Faith.  He loved God!

 

2.  David was a man of great Failure.  He sinned greatly!

 

3.  David was a man of great Forgiveness.  He confessed his sin without excuse!

 

4.  David was a man of great Faithfulness.  He established the throne upon which Christ will one day sit.   “I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.” (Acts 13:22b)

 

C.  What made David so great in the sight of God?  I believe that the secret of David’s life was found in his Worship.

 

D. Psalm 23 was probably written in David’s youth, but it was representative of his life’s desire from:

 

1.  David’s salvation – Verse 1.  “The LORD is MY Shepherd”

 

2.  Until the day of his death – Verses 4-6.   (Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.  … Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.).

 

E.  David wrote 78 of the 150 Psalms!  He was given the title “The Sweet Psalmist of Israel!”  Too bloody to build the temple but pure enough to worship God.

 

F.  Again, I want to say that God uses flawed men because there is no other kind.  God’s people are saved, not perfect.  They are positionally pure but, practically, they are just sinners saved by grace.   Thank God for His loving kindness, compassion, mercy, and grace.  Speaking of David, “God didn’t throw away the clay!”

 

G.  David walked with God in worship.  He was God conscious!  From the first mention of David’s life, we find that he had a heart that panted after God.  From a child watching over his father’s sheep to a King, David knew what it was to worship God.

 

1.  David worshipped the Lord in his personal devotion.  Psalms 63:1  O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

 

2.  David worshipped the Lord in his private life.  Though David did not write this Psalm, it is consistent with his life.  Psalms 42:1-4  As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.  (2)  My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?  (3)  My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?  (4)  When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

 

3.  David worshipped the Lord in his public life.  2 Samuel 6:13-15  And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.  (14)  And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.  (15)  So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

 

4.  David worshipped the Lord when he faced danger.  Psalms 27:1-6  The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?  (2)  When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.  (3)  Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.  (4)  One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.  (5)  For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.  (6)  And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

 

5.  David worshipped God when he was disappointed.  Psalms 42:3-5  My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?  (4)  When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.  (5)  Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

 

6.  David worshipped the Lord in his faithful dedication.  Psalms 122:1  I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

 

Psalms 27:4  One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

 

7.  David worshipped God when he faced death.  2 Samuel 23:1-7  Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,  (2)  The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.  (3)  The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.  (4)  And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.  (5)  Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.  (6)  But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:  (7)  But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.

 

Psalms 72:18-20  Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.  (19)  And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.  (20)  The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.