1. Finds the Heart of God 1 Samuel 13:14 "...The Lord has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart..." 1 Samuel 13:14 "...The Lord has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart..."

2. Shepherd Boy Outlaw- Hero A Real King Irrelevant Punk The Freedom of God’s Wisdom Both Loving & Powerful Desiring GodThinking Like God

3. Disoriented By Success Kosmos Mindset Important Statesman Great Conquests Great Authority Kosmos Mindset Money, Feel-Good & Pride (1Jn. 2:15) Temporary & Selfish Values (1Jn. 2:14) Totally Inescapable! (Jn. 17:17)

4. Disoriented By Success The Dirty Kosmos 2 Samuel 8:2 He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive… 2 Samuel 8:5 …David killed 22,000 Arameans. It Crushes the Heart Psalms 6:6-7 I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I dissolve my couch with my tears. My eye has wasted away with grief; It has become old because of all my adversaries.

5. Disoriented By Success Puts God ‘on Display’ 2 Samuel 6:1-2 Then David again gathered all the elite troops in Israel, 30,000 in all. He led them to Baalah of Judah to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, who is enthroned between the cherubim. 2 Samuel 6:3-5 They placed the Ark of God on a new cart…David and all the people of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments…

6. Disoriented By Success Puts God ‘on Display’ God Kills the Party! 2 Samuel 6:6 But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand and steadied the Ark of God. …God struck him dead because of this.

7. Disoriented By Success Puts God ‘on Display’ God Kills the Party! The King is Not Amused! 2 Samuel 6:8-10 David was angry because the Lord’s anger had burst out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means “to burst out against Uzzah”), as it is still called today. David was now afraid of the Lord, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of the Lord back into my care?” So David decided not to move the Ark of the Lord into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.

8. Disoriented By Success Puts God ‘on Display’ God Kills the Party! The King is Not Amused! But the Problem Was KING DAVID! 2 Samuel 6:12 Then King David was told, “The Lord has blessed Obed- edom’s household and everything he has because of the Ark of God.” So David went there and brought the Ark of God to the City of David with a great celebration.

9. Disoriented By Success Puts God ‘on Display’ God Kills the Party! The King is Not Amused! But the Problem Was KING DAVID! 1 Chronicles 15:13 “Because you Levites did not carry the Ark the first time, the anger of the Lord our God burst out against us…”

10. Disoriented By Success Puts God ‘on Display’ God Kills the Party! The King is Not Amused! But the Problem Was KING DAVID! David Wanted An Impressive Display Imitated the Philistines (1 Sam. 1) God Wanted To Be Among His People Not Like “the rulers of the Gentiles” God Kills a Priest No Big Deal! (Priest was God’s man) “You Cannot CONFORM ME!” Mark 10:42 So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them…” Lev. 26:12 I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people.

11. Disoriented By Success 2 Samuel 7:1 When King David was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all the surrounding enemies…

12. Disoriented By Success Puts God ‘on Display’ Institutionalizing / solidifying / codifying GOD God-In-a-BOX! 2 Samuel 7:2 the king summoned Nathan the prophet. “Look,” David said, “I am living in a beautiful cedar palace, but the Ark of God is out there in a tent!” 2 Samuel 7:3 Nathan replied to the king, “Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.”

13. Disoriented By Success Puts God ‘on Display’ God Reacts Swiftly 2 Samuel 7:4-7 But that same night the Lord said to Nathan, “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord has declared: Are you the one to build a house for me to live in? I have never lived in a house, from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until this very day. I have always moved from one place to another with a tent and a Tabernacle as my dwelling. Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained…I have never asked them, “Why haven’t you built me a beautiful cedar house?”’

14. Disoriented By Success Puts God ‘on Display’ God Reacts Swiftly Even Rudely! 2 Samuel 7:8 “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before your eyes.

15. Disoriented By Success Puts God ‘on Display’ God Reacts Swiftly Even Rudely! (It is a Silly Idea) Isaiah 66:1 Thus says the Lord, "Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest?

16. God Is At War With the Kosmos Cannot be Institutionalized / Canonized / Conformed / Held Hostage

17. God Is At War With the Kosmos Because ‘GOD IS LOVE’ and Values ‘the Heart’ 2 Chronicles 16:9 "For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His…" The World Poisons the Heart God Renews the Heart

18. God Is At War With the Kosmos Because ‘GOD IS LOVE’ and Values ‘the Heart’ You Cannot ‘Exalt’ God! 2 Samuel 7:8 “Are you the one to build a house for me to live in? …I took you from tending sheep in the pasture!”

19. God Is At War With the Kosmos Because ‘GOD IS LOVE’ and Values ‘the Heart’ You Cannot ‘Exalt’ God! But You Can Let God Love You! 2 Samuel 7:9-17 “I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the names of the great men who are on the earth...” When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever. Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.’”

20. God Is Building His Own “House” His Way The Davidic Covenant “He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever. Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.”

21. God Is Building His Own “House” His Way The Davidic Covenant The “Body of Christ” 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE….And I will welcome you. "And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me," Says the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE….And I will welcome you. "And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me," Says the Lord Almighty.”

22. The Open Heart Open Your Heart to GodLet God Love YouFellowship in God’s House