2 Samuel 7:26

Let thy name be magnified. The overtone of David’s prayer was that glory might come to the name of God. Those who seek to magnify themselves reflect the attitude of Lucifer, who desired to exalt his “throne above the stars of God” and aimed to “be like the most High” (Isa. 14:13, 14). By contrast the song of the unfallen angels is “glory to God in the highest” (Luke 2:14) and “blessing, and honour, and glory, and power” unto “him that sitteth upon the throne” (Rev. 5:13). The secret of David’s greatness was his humility. He who is willing to humble himself as a little child is “greatest in the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 18:4).