2 Samuel 7 | God’s Covenant with David

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Charlie Mitchell 0:01

You're listening to the Dope Daily Audio Bible, and I'm your guy, pastor Charlie Mitchell. And today we're looking at Second Samuel, chapter seven. Let's roll. When the king had settled into his palace and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, the king said to the prophet Nathan, look, I'm living in a cedar house while the Ark of God sits inside tent curtains. So Nathan told the king, go and do all that is on your mind. For the Lord is with you. But that night, the word of the Lord came to Nathan. go to my servant David and say. This is what the Lord says Are you to build me a house to dwell in From the time I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until today, I have not dwelt in a house. Instead, I have been moving around with a tent as my dwelling and all my journeys with all the Israelites. have I ever spoken a word to one of the tribal leaders of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel? Asking why haven't you built me a house of cedar? so now this is what you are to say to my servant, David. This is what the Lord of Army says. I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock to be the ruler over my people Israel. I have been with you, wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a great name for you Like that of the greatest on the earth. I will designate a place for my people Israel and plant them so that they may live there and not be disturbed. Again. Evil doers will not continue to oppress them as they have done ever since the day I ordered judges to be over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The Lord declares to you. The Lord himself will make a house for you when your time comes and you rest with your ancestors. I will raise up after you, your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house from my name and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and blows from mortals. But my faithful love will never leave him as it did when I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. Your house and kingdom will endure before me forever and your throne will be established forever. Nathan reported all these words and this entire vision to David. Then King David went in, sat in the Lord's presence and said, who am I, Lord God, and what is my house that you have brought me this far? what you have done so far was a little thing to you, Lord God, for you have also spoken about your servant's house in the distant future, and this is a revelation for mankind, Lord God, what more can David say to you? You know your servant Lord God. because of your word and according to your will, you have revealed all these great things to your servant. This is why you are great Lord God. There is no one like you And there is no God beside you. All we have heard confirms and who is like your people, Israel. God came to one nation on earth in order to redeem a people for himself, to make a name for himself and to perform for them great and awesome acts driving out nations And their gods before your people. You redeemed for yourself from Egypt, you established your people Israel, to be your own people forever, and you Lord have become their God. Now, Lord God, fulfill the promise forever that you have made to your servant and his house. Do as you have promised so that your name will be exalted forever. When it is said The Lord of armies is God over Israel. The house of your servant David, will be established before you. Since you Lord of armies, God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant when you said, I will build a house for you. Therefore, Your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to you, Lord God. You are God. Your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. Now, please bless your servant's house so that it will continue before you forever. For you, Lord God, have spoken, and with your blessing, your servant's house will be blessed forever. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we know that ultimately you are the promised King. That is who Jesus is, the promised and eternal king of the house of David, and in this chapter we see the covenant you made with him, with a promised one that would come to rescue all your people. So I pray that you'd forgive us for the ways we try to earn your favor, as if. Our work can do anything to contribute to the work that you are doing in the world. Thank you that before we ever built anything for you, you already had a promise coming in our direction, a kingdom that would last, a name that would withstand the generations, a future secured through you, Jesus Christ. So teach us to rest in what you've already established. We don't have to strive for approval. We, we can just live from the reality that we are your sons and daughters and like David, give us hearts that sit in just the glory of it all. Humbled by your grace, and overwhelmed by your goodness. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.