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[Uzziah] set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper.¹

The history books in the bible are very interesting. Particularly, Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles tell of the various kings who ruled Israel; and how their disobedience led to the divided kingdom—Northern (the 10 tribes) and Southern (Judah and Benjamin); until only the Southern kingdom existed. Because God was pleased with David, God made a covenant with David, And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.²

David was not perfect; he was sinful. Yet, in the Book of Acts we find no mention of his sins but a title God gave, a man after my heart, . . .³  Having celebrated a milestone, and chewing on these bible verses, I got to thinking, “What title would I receive from Our Father when he considers my purpose done on this earth? Or what shall I be remembered for by the living?” Would I even come close to David’s title? Shall I be known to have walked with God as Enoch⁴ and Elijah⁵ did? They were both taken by God for their obedience. Will my Master accord me the honor and say, “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master”⁶? Shall Jesus consider me as his friend⁷?

Clearly, God is holy and detests sin. But why is it that in the New Covenant, there is no mention of David’s sins as recorded in the Old Covenant? What made God erase those sins from record? Completing the same verse taken from Acts, a reason is alluded to–. . . who will do all my will.⁸

God abhors sin, particularly the sin of idolatry. The kings of Israel continued doing evil, one apostasy after another. Yet, as God upholds his name and word,⁹ he cannot change what he had promised. The scepter through David’s blood line continued. The sons were not altogether righteous; they did evil.  

“O people of Israel, return to the LORD . . . Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were faithless to the LORD God of their fathers, so that he made them a desolation, as you see. Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD and come to his sanctuary, . . . For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your children will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you if you return to him.”¹⁰

The LORD, the God of your fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the GORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy.¹¹ But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.¹²