"There is Another”
“Truly is
not my house so with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, ordered
in all things, and secured; For all my salvation and all my desire, will He not indeed make it grow? (v.5)
Although
David was not technically on his death bed, today’s reading constitutes his
“last words” (v.1), pointing to a future king from his house.
The
first part of David’s speech (given to him by God) was about the qualities of
ideal leadership: ruling “people in righteousness” and “in the fear of God” (v.3).
God’s picture of the ideal ruler, then, points us to the day when that picture
will be fulfilled completely—in the eternal reign of Christ in His kingdom. For no earthly man could do this, not even David. David’s words then contain hints at what is yet to come.
Next David’s speech moved to his own response to God’s picture of, the ideal ruler.
While we see that (in part) David met these qualifications, his words also point us
to something bigger, beyond himself. It was not just David in focus here, but
his “house”; not just David’s present kingdom, but God’s promised “everlasting
covenant” (v. 5).
Again,
we look forward to a future ruler from the house of David that will reign
with a righteousness that renews and restores - the return of king Jesus. Until then, pray that God will
continue to raise up mighty men and women who are willing to risk all to serve
Him, as we have seen here in the book of 2 Samuel.
The
Truth
“The book
of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:”
(Matthew 1:1)
