Thursday, September 3, 2009

Thursday, September 3, 2009
Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 7-8

In these two chapters, we discover that God is setting David apart from the other rulers of Israel. God gives a message to the prophet, Nathan, to give to David. God is basically letting David know that He is going to bless him and his family immensely. Knowing what we know of David, this is pretty amazing. Up to this point, David has been looking pretty good. He is successful, he is focused on the Lord, he is making good decisions. It seems right that God would choose to bless that kind of man. Later, we discover things about David that are not so great! Yet God, knowing these things will occur, choose to set him apart anyway. I am always fascinated by the Lord's sovereignty!

David's response is so wonderful. He just sits before the Lord and says "Who am I?" Essentially, why me? The humility in his prayer to the Lord is exactly as ours should be. Are we not immensely blessed? Do we not have more than we could ever need and then some? Are we not so fortunate to live where we live, drive the cars we drive, have freedom of worship? Is our response before the Lord, "Who am I? I do not deserve this and yet you choose to pour out on me more blessings that I can imagine possible." I also love that David says to God that he knows His words are trustworthy and points it all back to God for His glory. He is saying that is blessing him creates glory for God, then so be it! David's heart here is just amazing and one that we should emulate. I pray that I may become more humble in receiving blessings from the Lord, because I know I do not deserve any of them.