Awestruck by Grace of the Calling

2 Samuel 7:18-29
    18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD; and he said: “Who am I, O Lord GOD? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far? 19 And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O Lord GOD; and You have also spoken of Your servant's house for a great while to come. Is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? 20 Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord GOD, know Your servant. 21 For Your word's sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them. 22 Therefore You are great, O Lord GOD. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And who is like Your people, like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Himself a name—and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land—before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods? 24 For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, LORD, have become their God.
    25 “Now, O LORD God, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever and do as You have said. 26 So let Your name be magnified forever, saying, ‘The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel.’ And let the house of Your servant David be established before You. 27 For You, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to You.
    28 “And now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant. 29 Now therefore, let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for You, O Lord GOD, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”

King David sat down to take in the promised work of God through him and his descendants and specifically his seed, and was in awe before the LORD and the words spoken to him.  He did not feel entitled or count himself deserving of any of this.  No, he began in prayer before God alone to ask how He would do such things with someone so insignificant and undeserving as he counted himself before the Holy and Almighty one.  He was awestruck by the grace of his calling.  He reflected on how far God had brought him and used him to glorify the name of the LORD, and acknowledged that such great things were no large task for Him.  He knew the calling of God and the promises of the seed to establish a kingdom without end.  He acknowledged that God knew him and yet still made these promises and blessed him through the sufferings for His glory.  He was still and thankful that the LORD chose a people eternally for Himself, delivering from bondage and redeeming them at His own cost, just as He has redeemed we who are in Christ by deliverance from sin and by the work of His choosing alone.  He has become our God as He became Israel’s, for together we are all His people whom He calls to Himself.  David also knew that his house would be established by grace alone in the promise of his seed to rule forever, which seed is the Christ of his seed which we find explained in the giving of the New Testament of grace to us.  This was David’s motivation to pray with praise and an eternally thankful heart, and is the pattern by example for us to imitate toward God for all His work and calling in His Son for a promised never ending citizenship in His eternal kingdom in the City of God.  Like David, we too acknowledge the truth of His scripture, His written and living word of promises to us.  We pray for that rule of His Son to begin in our hearts at regeneration and to continue before His face forever in the resurrection of the dead to come.  We have heard and believed His promised salvation in Christ Jesus our Lord, and are humbled in awestruck wonder at His work of grace; therefore we follow evermore to please in willing obedience out of love in return for the One who first loved us.  As David said, He has willingly spoken it and we will be undeservingly blessed in this deliverance from sin and judgment by His work of choosing us in His Son by grace alone forever and ever, amen.