2 Samuel 7:18

2 Samuel 7:18 says, Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?   David went in and sat before God and questioned Him, as we may at times do as Christiaans.  Still, if we do have questions it is best to go to God for the answers.  David asked who was he and who was his house that God had brought him before Him.  Like David, we need to acknowledge that we have never done anything to deserve God's calling us into His family and making a way for it to be possible for us to get there.  Verse nineteen adds, And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?  David then said that even beyond what God had done for him so far, He promised much more.  God has done much for us in this lifetime if we have accepted Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, but He promises so much more.  David also asked God if people usually dealt this way with each other  and the answer was no.  We are called to a higher standard in dealing with people as Christians than the way people of the world normally deal with each other.  Verse twenty continues, And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.  David asked God what more he could say to Him, because God knew His servant David.  There is still nothing that we can say to God to justify ourselves, because He already knows everything about us.  Verse twenty-one states, For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.  David said that it was according to God's word and after God's heart that He had done these things for David.  Whatever we may be called to do as Christiaans, it will always be according to God's word and because of His love for us.  Verse twenty-two adds, Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.  David then proclaimed God to be the only God according to what they had heard Him say.  We must acknowledge this same fact today.  We must come to God by faith in His Word and not by our own ability to prove His existence, and we must acknowledge that He is the only God that exists.  Verse twenty-three continues, And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?   David then took the question from just himself to the nation of Israel,. What had they done to receive God's call to be His people and their deliverance from Egypt where they had been redeemed,  and the answer was nothing.  We could ask the same thing today as to what we have done to deserve God's deliverance into His family and out of our bandage to sin, and the answer is still nothing.  Verse twenty-four says, For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.  Just as David said God had called Israel to be His people forever through a covenant relationship with them, He calls us to be His people forever through establishing a covenant relationship by faith in Jesus Christ.  Verse twenty-five adds, And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. Though David had proposed building a house for God, he said let it be according to God's word.  If our plans do not align with God's plans, we need to submit to His will.  Verse twenty-six continues, And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.  David said that whatever the people of Israel and he himself did should magnify God, and so must all our actions as followers of Christ today.  David asked that God let his house be established forever and through Jesus Christ it was.   When we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, we establish an everlasting relationship with God.  Verse twenty-seven states, For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.  David said that because God had said He would build His house, David felt that he could come to God in prayer.  God has already built His house in heaven, and He calls us to come and share it, but it is all for His glory.  Verse twenty-eight adds, And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:  As God's word was true then, it is still true today.  Verse twenty-nine continues, Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. Just as David asked of God, if we today are Christians then our relationship with God is everlasting.