Boasting Within Boundaries

2 Corinthians 10:8-18  Today's teaching actually begins in 1 Samuel 16 (Samuel's anointing of a king who will replace Saul).  Afterward, we apply some of the principles regarding what/who the LORD values compared to what/who the world values.

From Preaching the Word Commentary by John Woodhouse: "A man after God's own heart" has been taken in popular Christian jargon to mean a particularly godly man, a man with a heart like God's. But I do not believe that the words can mean that. "A man after God's own heart" means a man of God's own choosing, a man God has set his heart on. "A man after God's own heart" is—if I can put it like this—talking about the place the man has in God's heart rather than the place God has in the man's heart.