God Does More Than Imagined
Backgrounder: David’s greatest
dream is to build a house for God.
Though David is not permitted
to build a house for God, God
will build a house for David –
a perpetual dynasty and kingdom.
In peacetime and war, through times
of faithfulness & faltering in David’s
life, God remains true to His promise
by preserving the line of David.
Lord, we trust Your Will is Better:
King David went in and sat
before the Lord and prayed:
Who am I O Lord God, and
what is my family that You have
brought me this far (1Chr 17:16).
Lord, let the promise You have
made concerning Your servant and
his house be established forever.
Do as You promised so that it will
be established & that Your name
will be great forever. Then men
will say: The Lord Almighty, the
God over Israel, is Israel’s God!
And the house of Your servant
David will be established
before You (1Chr 17:23-24).
Lord, Your ways are higher than
mine; and You have plans for
me that I cannot even fathom.
Yet it is easy to bask in successes
and forget it is You who bless me.
Loving Lord, lead me tell someone
about the goodness of You. And
Help me to lift Your name high
for all to see. In Jesus’ name.
Lord, we confess disappointment
when our prayers are not answered
the way we wanted them to be.
But I realise my greatest blessing
will come about because of
Your will being done in my life.
For what You’ve for me is far greater
than what I can imagine for myself.
Forgive me Lord for those times
I did not trust that to be true. Amen.
Lord, help us when we sense
You are saying no to our prayer,
not to focus on the disappointment
over not having our will be done.
For if we do that, we may miss the
joy of something much better that
can come about if God’s will is done.
For God’s will is much better than
anything we can imagine. Amen.