Let Your word be established

"And now, O LORD, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, let it be established forever, and do as You have said. So let it be established, that Your name may be magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel's God.' And let the house of Your servant David be established before You. – 1 Chronicles 17v23-24

There is only one proper response to the word of the Lord – let it be established and may be glad to watch God do what He says.

God had made it clear that His house would be built. David was not going to be the one to do the work. He was disappointed, but he was able to say to God ‘let the word you have spoken be established.

There are times in all of our lives when we face disappointment and when things do not go the way we want them to go. God’s words and His ways do not always fit into our plans.

We can respond in a couple of ways. We can get ‘cheesed off’ at God and get into a funk and become totally useless in our service. Or we can suck it up and respond like David did – ‘let the word of the Lord be established.’

Who, after all, knows best? God or us?