David thinks it’s high time to build God a permanent structure. The LORD responds in v7 by saying that he had never asked any of the leaders of the people to build him a temple. What we do in the worship of God must be done at his initiative. It’s not that God is against the idea of a temple. […]

This is actually one of the most significant chapters in the whole Bible. It’s one where God’s great plan of salvation takes a huge step forward. In the first verse of the New Testament, Jesus is introduced as ‘the son of David, the son of Abraham’. Well this chapter points us from the time of David back to the time […]

How does David respond to Michal? Do you notice how his answer in v21 starts and ends? It starts and ends with the phrase ‘before the LORD’. In other words – I’m not doing it for you – I’m doing it for God. What matters to me isn’t your verdict, but God’s. What other people think of us isn’t completely […]