We have been tracing the family tree of Jesus, and it includes Adam and Eve, Seth, Noah, Shem, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, Rahab and Solomon, Ruth and Boaz, Obed, and Jesse. All of these people were sinful and messy, but God continued to prove His faithfulness to His people and keep His promise to send a Savior to rescue them.

The next person in Jesus' family tree was a man after God's own heart. The Israelites wanted a king like all the other nations. God gave them what they wanted, and Saul became their king. Saul didn't obey God for very long, so God chose a new king. That new king was David. When David was chosen as king, he was young and he was a shepherd, but he trusted God.

David loved God and followed him and was known to have a heart for God, but he wasn't perfect. He made selfish and sinful choices that hurt other people. But when he was reminded that his actions were sinful, he repented and asked for forgiveness. 

God uses messy people to keep His promise! God's promised rescuer would come from a future generation of David. This rescuer is perfect and would always obey God. Jesus is the rescuer, and lived a perfect life, died on the cross for our sins, and rose from the dead three days later so that we could be with God forever. 

Lamentations reminds us that God is always faithful.

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23