7:6,7
God reminds David that since He led the Israelites out of Egypt He had not dwelt in a house, a tent had been His dwelling place throughout that time. Moreover, while God had issued many commandments, not once did He command them to build a house for Him. He never complained that they had not built a house of cedar for Him. Clearly having a temple of that form was not a priority for God!
7:8,9
God now reminds David of what He has done for David. He took David from tending the sheep to shepherding the nation of Israel. Throughout that time God had been with David and had defeated all David’s enemies, be these ones from within Israel (namely the house of Saul) or enemies without, the Canaanites and Philistines. Now He is going to make David’s name great. It was a matter of what God had done for David, and what He was going to do for David, rather than what David could do for God! We need a right balance here, but it is more a matter of what God does for us, than what we do for Him.
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