The house we all need to be living in.

In this passage we find that King David had come to a time when there was peace in the land. His enemies had been defeated. He then desires to build a house for God. Was it the right time? God says, through Nathan the prophet to David … ‘are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?’ David’s timing is not right.

God’s grace to David, past, present and future would, however, continue. There is a link here to the promise given to Abraham. God says to David … ‘Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me.’ This was fulfilled in part through David’s son, Solomon, who built the temple in Jerusalem but David’s kingdom should not be limited to just an earthly line. It is fulfilled in the eternal kingdom of Jesus Christ, the perfect son who would never fail.

This kingdom is built in Jesus going to the cross. All that the grace and humility of God represented, and which was shown to David, is fulfilled in Jesus. This is now for us. We become part of this house, not by anything we have accomplished or merit, but simply by trusting in him alone.