"The Acclamation"

"Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfill all thy counsel." (Psalms 20:4) When you have a leader that is determined to follow the leading of God and His word, you have someone within whom you can trust to be seeking God's direction. Just as David, who was known to be "a man after God's own heart" (1 Samuel 13:14), those that prayed for him to have victory could rely on his heart being set towards those things that would please God and not ruling in a way that gives glory to himself, or to gain more than that which he deserves. It was David's established pattern of reacting to certain trials and tribulations in his life that had demonstrated his heart towards God, and had been the proof of his earnest desire to seek God's will first above that of his own. This pattern of seeking God's will entitled him to be prayed for, that God would fulfill all his counsel, because his counsel was one that was governed by God. When they say, "Grant thee according to thine heart", they are speaking as those that know the heart of David is one that is set after the things of God, and is a heart that wants to do those things that are pleasing in His sight. Therefore, those that prayed for his victory, did so knowing that his judgements in matters which could ultimately affect them, would be judgements that he would seek God's direction in. How can we, as brothers and sisters in Christ, be privileged to receive this kind of acclamation? How do we establish for ourselves, a heart that is after God? One way that this is possible, is to simply ask, "What Would Jesus Do", in everything that we do, or in everything that we think of doing. If we establish a pattern of doing only those things that Jesus would do, then we too will have people praying for God to grant us the desires of our heart, and that God would fulfill all of our counsel. This is the path to real victory in Christ; it's doing everything as unto the Lord, and seeking His direction for everything that we do. By doing this, we will establish ourselves to be children of God, and as such, our brothers and sisters will be praying for us as someone who is worthy of acclamation... It's all about LOVE! "I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we heard from the beginning, that we love one another. And this is love, that we walk after His commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it." (2 John 4-6)