God may speak into our lives and may also bring correction to us through others, according to His Sovereign choice.
In the first half of 2 Samuel 7, we read of God speaking through Nathan the prophet to David. The Lord, Yahweh, is the one speaking to Nathan, about David and His people Israel. David brought about the situation when he expressed concern that he was in a palace while the Ark of the Lord was in a tent. David himself received many words from God, but on this occasion it came through his prophet. God may choose to speak into our lives in different ways and through different people and we must be open to that. (The New Testament tells us to test each Word).
The revelation begins, ‘Go tell My servant David’. God twice calls David His servant 2 Samuel 7:5, 8 He knows those who are His and acknowledged David’s loyalty from the outset. The Word continues by Yahweh telling David how he’d watched over him;
9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you.
God knows those who are His and watches over them, perhaps by sending His angels to guard them. He cut off David’s enemies from before him, we can also ask God to deal with our enemies, make sure we leave Him to do it.
God tells David what He’s done for him in the past, but speaks of a new phase in his life;
NOW I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth. 10 AND I WILL PROVIDE A PLACE for my people Israel and WILL PLANT THEM so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people (the sons/children of wickedness) shall not oppress them any more, as they did at the beginning.
Yahweh, doesn’t speak in the conditional tense, He simply says, ‘I will’. Nothing, nor no one, can hold back the will of Yahweh. When He says something He knows it’s done.
He confirms that not only will ‘He Provide a place for Israel, but that He will Plant them’. They’re not going to be there one day and gone the next, God Himself is going to Plant them in the Place He sets them.
5 Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;
‘ YOU’ MAKE MY LOT SECURE. Psalm 16, of David
David proclaimed that it was God who defended his portion. Again this is something we can speak out over our lives.
‘“The Lord declares to you that the Lord himself will ESTABLISH A HOUSE FOR YOU: 12 when your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I WILL RAISE UP your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I WILL ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM.
God promises that He will Raise Up and Establish a house for David. However, the revelation also ends with a warning of God’s correction when there’s been wrongdoing and that correction will also come by the hands of men.
When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. 15 But MY LOVE WILL NEVER BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM, … 16 Your house and your kingdom shall endure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.
God bless and keep you and make His face shine upon you today.