Psalm 18:19b
He rescued me because He delighted in me.
David had been pursued by King Saul, who was envious of of his popularity and favor with God. There were several times David had the opportunity to kill Saul and take his kingdom, as God had had Samuel anoint David to be the next king after Saul. But David loved God, and when you love someone with genuine love, you want to do what pleases them, and David refused to take advantage of Saul, who had also been anointed as king. David trusted in God, and expected Him to fight on his behalf. So He delivered him out of all his troubles with Saul. And David did become king, a great king, respected and admired by the people, and also by the other nations of his day, who heard of him and sent tribute to him (vs. 44-45).
David was called a man after God's own heart, for many reasons, one of which is because he trusted Him to do what He said He would do, and showed it by his actions. I don't know if there are many people in all history who really trusted God like David did.
God always honors those who choose to trust Him, and find the faith to actually act on it. When we say we believe, then live our lives as though He doesn't even exist, making all our own decisions according to our own logic and intelligence, we prove that our trust is not in God at all, but ourselves; we are worshiping ourselves, we are our own #1.
But when we read and know His Word, will we determine that we will live our daily lives according to God's principles according to the Bible, even when it goes against "common sense"? That's what David did.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
