Faithful to the End

We tend to focus on King David’s failures and sin but God said David was faithful all the days of his life – with one exception. 1 Kings 15.5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not failed to keep any of the LORD's commands all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah the Hittite. I think we are going to have to apologize to David when we get to heaven because we focus on his failures. God didn't. Not many heroes of the Old Testament were faithful right up until the end of their life. Saul started out very humble but he ended up paranoid, jealous, and demon possessed. Solomon started out good but his womanizing lead him astray and the nation turned to idolatry. Hezekiah was a good king and the Lord extended his life 15 years but he didn’t use those years productively. Eli was a good prophet but he failed to discipline his sons and he died in disgrace. But David was faithful right up until the end. That’s what I want to do – I want to be faithful to the end. I don’t want to do anything else to humiliate Christ or to fail Kim and my girls or embarrass the church. I want to be faithful to the end. That’s what we all want so that when we come to the end of our life we can say with Paul – 2 Timothy 4.7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.