August 29, 2025
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Reading along with us in 2 Samuel and Acts? Here’s today’s reading:
2 Samuel 7 (NIV)
God’s Promise to David
1 After the king was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, 2 he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
3 Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the Lord is with you.”……Continue Reading
God’s promises to David are shared in this chapter and they are great things. What struck me was the way David prayed to God after hearing these promises. Of course he was grateful, but his prayer wasn’t that he hoped it would happen, or that he would be happy IF it happened but rather he prayed knowing it would happen because God said so.
28 Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. 29 Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign Lord, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever.”
David knew God’s power, knew His character, and trusted that what He said would happen. I pray that I can read the promises of God in the bible and pray with such confidence knowing that He is working ALL things out for good for those that He loves even when I can’t see it!
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It is neat to see how God talks about David and the way He has followed him all his life and seen him through the many things he has been through. Although it is fair to say David holds a special place in God’s plan, it is fitting to imagine God speaking to us in similar ways and desiring to fulfill His purposes through as well. And David is appropriately humbled by what God says and promises, and exalts Him for who He is. He is such a great and gracious God to use us in His plans and to bring us together as His people, like He did the Jews, and promise to be with us through thick and thin. He is a faithful and trustworthy God. May we continue to be drawn to Him and His will for our lives.
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It is interesting to think about all this while David has fled from Saul, now he seeks to build a house for the Lord. At first Nathan says, “that sounds good, go ahead.” But God corrects him! It seems like making a house for God would be like treating Him as common. God says, “No I will build YOU a house.”
God made a covenant with David, and He will fulfill it. God is not done with the Jews yet. They live in unbelief, but will “look upon the one they have pierced and believe.”
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