2 Samuel 7:11, “from the time that I appointed judges over
my people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover the
Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house.”
God made a covenant with David and David took Him at His
word.
David didn’t understand why or how or when all the promises
would be fulfilled but he gave his return pledge in trust. Regardless of his
own abilities or lack of, regardless of immediate confirmation or not; he trusted
in God’s word over his own inadequacy. He began to live into the promise as
completed.
David waited in faith and action.
Why then with so many stories of God’s faithfulness do we
continue to struggle with His promises to us: to give counsel and wisdom,
strength and compassion, hope and a future.
We often wait in timidity.
Perhaps we’ve had so many promises broken to us in our lives,
or broken our own to others, that we see them as feeble words lacking
conviction until proven. Or we’ve broken our own commitments to God so
dramatically we can’t even imagine we still have a trust relationship left.
When we put our-self at the center of expectations we are
left with dry dust. Somewhere
along the way we reverse our words with God’s promises and are left
empty-handed. Instead, like David, we can only obtain promises when we put God’s
words at the center of our lives and live into them—with faith—in our own ‘houses’—ourselves
where the Lord abides in us and we in Him.
Psalm of Worship: Psalm 73: 23-24
“Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou hast taken
hold of my right hand.
With Thy counsel Thou wilt guide me, And afterward receive
me to glory.”
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