When God's "No" Is Protection
2 Samuel 7
David’s prayer begins in a GOOD place.
2 Samuel 7: 1-3
The king settled into his palace, for the Lord gave him relief from all his enemies on all sides. 2 The king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent.” 3 Nathan replied to the king, “You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.”
The king settled into his palace, for the Lord gave him relief from all his enemies on all sides. 2 The king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent.” 3 Nathan replied to the king, “You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.”
Nathan’s advice – Go and DO it!
God’s REFRAME.
God’s REFRAME.
2 Samuel 7: 4-9
That night the Lord’s message came to Nathan, 5 “Go, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord has said: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in? 6 I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent. 7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say to any of their leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’
8 “So now, say this to my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel. 9 I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.'"
That night the Lord’s message came to Nathan, 5 “Go, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord has said: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in? 6 I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent. 7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say to any of their leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’
8 “So now, say this to my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel. 9 I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.'"
This is a HOLY RELATIONAL no.
What is NOT going on?
God’s “no’s” are not always CORRECTIONS.
What IS going on?
God is PROTECTING David.
Transactional faith : “If ... then ...”
God is PRESERVING His sovereignty.
God will not be CONTAINED, MANAGED or SECURED.
What is NOT going on?
God’s “no’s” are not always CORRECTIONS.
What IS going on?
God is PROTECTING David.
Transactional faith : “If ... then ...”
God is PRESERVING His sovereignty.
God will not be CONTAINED, MANAGED or SECURED.
2 Samuel 7: 18
King David went in and sat before the Lord.
King David went in and sat before the Lord.
Nathan said GO and DO.
God said COME and SIT.
David’s posture
• From INITIATIVE to RECEPTIVITY
• From BUILDING to BEING BUILT
• From MOTION to PRESENCE
God said COME and SIT.
David’s posture
• From INITIATIVE to RECEPTIVITY
• From BUILDING to BEING BUILT
• From MOTION to PRESENCE
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