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2 Samuel 7 - Getting to Know the Covenant God
We all live and drift from foundational principles that we once believed. Every Christian (and non-Chirstian) must deal with this issue of "drift." 2 Samuel 7 deals with God's covenant to David which becomes a foundational underpinning to the New Covenant that We depend upon for our relationship with God. David is drifting to other man-centered ways of living. He thinks he knows what glorifies God and desires to build God a house. But God rebuffs that by putting the priority back on revealtion over human reason. We cannot start our understanding of God with human reason. God gives David and us his reason for not wanting a house at this time - namely his desire to give rest for his people. He says that I am not like pagan gods that require a house to be build before I will promise blessing in the future. God is the God of all grace. In the End we learn that neigher Death, or sin, or Time will nullify God's promises in the Davidic Covenant (which is unlike God's rejection of Saul). The cure for our drifting is to focus our lives on the God of the Covenant rather than just the covenant itself.
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