Listen up, little ones
Listen for the words Lord, God, and forever.
Reading
2 Samuel 7:18–28—Who am I?
Keys for kids
- David was amazed at God’s promise of an eternal king born from his line.
- David praised God’s greatness.
- God’s covenant promise is You will be my people; I will be your God.
Questions
- Who is David to have such promises from God?
- What is God’s covenant promise to his people?
- Who are you to have such promises from God?
Notes
What do you do when someone says something really special about you and to you? Maybe you get a little bit embarrassed because you think, Who am I to have such wonderful things said to me? That is what David said in response to God’s promise of an eternal king from David’s descendants. He did this as he sat in the Lord’s presence—interestingly the one time we find the seated posture in prayer in the Bible.
On the other hand, if you are proud, you might think, or say, I deserve that! Don’t! David doesn’t. He realizes that, in a true sense, he’s nobody—just a man seeking after God. God is the one who is great.
Further, David knows that God is the God of his people. Over and over in the Bible we hear these words, You are my people; I am your God. What a wonder that is! We are God’s people. God is our God. God is my God! Having then been blessed by God, David closes his prayer asking that God will do just what he has promised to do—bless the house of his servant. And the result of that blessing is that God’s servant’s house continues before the Lord.
Swedish Method questions
Praise
Psalm 132c, 133a
Prayer
- Praise God for being your God and making you his people.
- Pray for the hearing of God’s word preached this Sunday.
- Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.