You Become What You Worship
Want to know what made David such a faithful and effective man of God?
He was a worshiper.
Most people think of David as a shepherd, a warrior, a poet, or a king.
That’s understandable. But we should
first know him as a worshiper.
Because setting his heart toward God was the source of everything else he became.
His courage, leadership, depth, and resilience did not
emerge in a vacuum.
They were formed by a life oriented toward the Lord, in all kinds of circumstances.
Many of his psalms, for example, were written in caves, in
exile, under threat, and after moral failure.
Through his habit of worship, David learned to see reality.
And the training of his heart affected the training of his
hands.
The principle for men to see today is this:
We ultimately become what we worship.
What captures our attention shapes our identity.
What we trust determines how we act.
What we love sets the direction of our lives.
Long before David wore a crown, his heart was ordered before the Lord.
And before we can rule
what’s been entrusted to us, we also must align ourselves with Him.
Too often we focus on improving our output: doing more, leading well, being stronger.
David shows us
a better order.
Worship comes first–and everything else flows from there.
This is why starting the week with public worship is a priority.
And beginning each day with some time for private devotion matters too.
Our lives do, in fact, become what we worship.
“I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken” (Ps. 16:8).
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