II Samuel 23
Dear RTB’ers,
David is brimming with confidence as to his relationship with God: For does not my house stand so with God? For He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For will He not cause to prosper all my help and my desire? (v. 5) I fully believe that God wants to prosper all our helps and desires. It is He who put us together, who built those desires into our hearts, leaving Himself to be that utmost desire for each of us. We need to seek Him more!
His “everlasting covenant” is fully realized in his descendant, Jesus. With verse 5 my Study Bible cites earlier verses in II Samuel, God’s covenant with David, printed here fully: 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. 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, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before Me. Your throne shall be established forever. (vv. 7:12-16) Again, David’s throne is established forever in the person of Jesus!
Blessings!
Fred