Sharing from my personal devotions this week…

1 Kings 9:4

"As for you, if you walk before me in integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did..."

What a statement…David’s life was far from perfect, it was downright ugly and messy. While on the run from Saul, he spent a great deal lying. He killed a man to have his wife. He didn’t raise the greatest of children. His life isn’t perfect. However, in this sentence, God just kills any juxtapose questions you might have about David and his ethics. It was God who said David was a man of integrity of heart and uprightness. Not only that, but David becomes the standard by which all other kings are judged.

You probably just missed the epiphany of this whole scenario…

David became the standard.

David had such an impact on God that He promised him He would raise up a son under his family tree that God would call a son. So let me get this straight…God says to this man that he loves so much of everything about him, that he God wants a son of His own from the same DNA of David? (In the DNA of Jesus is Davids "heart for God") Wow!

What kind of standard are you setting? If it’s not impacting God…it should be.

What kind of legacy will you leave?