David and God

Eagle's Landing Sermons

1. He is a God of Amazing Grace “Now when the king lived in his house and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.” — 2 Samuel 7:1-2 “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.” — 2 Samuel 7:3 “But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, ‘Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: Would you build me a house to dwell in?’” — 2 Samuel 7:4-5 Chasing after the heart of God is not about what you do for God, it’s about standing in awe of what God has already done for you. 2. He is a God of Unbelievable Compassion “I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent for my dwelling.” — 2 Samuel 7:6 “Our God is full of compassion.” — Psalm 116:5 Compassion is always costly. “David, you have never heard me complain about my current situation. I’ve never asked you to build be a house of cedar. Cedar is for rabbits and hamsters, not me!” — Samuel 7:7 “Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel. And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly, 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.” — 2 Samuel 7:8-11 3. He is a God who Keeps His Promises “When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.” — 2 Samuel 7:12-13 “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men, but my steadfast love will not depart from him…And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’” — 2 Samuel 7:14-16 “Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” — Isaiah 53:4–6 4. He is a God of Miraculous Greatness “Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it.” — 2 Samuel 7:21 “Therefore you are great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.” — 2 Samuel 7:22 “And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name and doing for them great and awesome things by driving out before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods?...And your name will be magnified forever…” — 2 Samuel 7:23, 26