Do we have a place to go and sit before the Lord – maybe just one seat? 2 Samuel 7
18 Then King David went in and SAT BEFORE THE LORD,
I heard Kat Kerr recently talk about her ‘encounter room’, obviously she has a place to go and meet with the Lord.
It’s good to have a place and a time or times to meet with the Lord, somewhere for us to draw aside in our busy lives and sit/be still before God.
10 He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; Psalm 46
Graham Cooke has said there is no knowing God without Stillness – when we Sit, (maybe in Silence) we begin to be Still. Stillness and Silence are not known, nor practiced by many in our generation and God won’t compete with mobiles or tablets. He wants our full attention on Him.
David drew aside from his duties as king to go and Sit before the Lord. He’d received a powerful prophetic revelation through Nathan and felt drawn to respond to it. Many believers today receive prophetic words, but never take time to ponder or pray through them. Perhaps, the value of personal words have become cheapened today. David went in to sit before God and especially to express his ‘Thanks to God’ for the wonderful promises he’d been given.
‘Who am I, O Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 19 And as if this were not enough in your sight, O Sovereign Lord, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant. Is this your usual way of dealing with a man, O Sovereign Lord?’
David acknowledges that all the blessings in his life have come from God. For some of us it might be good to write out a ‘Thank You List’ to God and remind ourselves just how much we have to be Thankful for.
Much of David’s prayer extols the greatness of God, not at all focusing on the blessing for himself and his offspring. Prayer should not be solely centred on ourselves and David began praising the goodness and greatness of God. Biblical prayers are worth reading over and learning what’s going to have God’s blessings.
22 ‘How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! THERE IS NO ONE LIKE YOU, AND THERE IS NO GOD BUT YOU, as we have heard with our own ears’.
24 YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL AS YOUR VERY OWN FOR EVER, and you, O Lord, have become their God.
28Sovereign Lord, YOU ARE GOD! YOUR WORDS ARE TRUSTWORTHY, and you have promised these good things to your servant. 29 NOW BE PLEASED TO BLESS THE HOUSE OF YOUR SERVANT, THAT IT MAY CONTINUE FOR EVER IN YOUR SIGHT; for you, O Sovereign Lord, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed for ever.’
David exalted God, thanked Him and claimed the word for himself and all future generations. He embraced all that God had spoken to him and we should agree with those words that God has spoken into our lives.
God bless and keep you and make His face shine upon you today and give you peace.Do