Warrior, Psalm-writer, God-fearing. Liar, adulterer, murderer. Would the real King David please stand up? David was far from perfect. Most of us can relate to David’s failures more than his greatness. We might be curious to find out why God would refer to David as “a man after my own heart.”
The Bible contains an Upper Story and Lower Story. The Upper Story tells the big picture, the grand narrative of God unfolding throughout history. The Lower Story contains the sometimes delightful, other times appalling particulars of human experience. God uses real-life people to carry out his plan and purpose! Let’s meet some of those people, and see how God uses them.