2 Samuel 7:29

Be blessed for ever. The parallel passage reads: “Thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed for ever” (1 Chron. 17:27). When God promises man a blessing there is no power on earth strong enough to reverse it, except a perverse human will that refuses to meet the conditions (see Num. 23:20). Men dishonor God when they doubt His promises or fail to claim His blessings. The Christian life would be much happier and hope would be the brighter if all would have more confidence in the certainty of the promises of God. David’s life was both happy and fruitful when he cheerfully resigned himself to the will of God. It was his hope and purpose to build the Temple, but that task, he was told, was not for him. Humbly he submitted to the divine will, accepting those tasks that God had for him, and not permitting himself to become sullen and morose because he was not permitted to carry out his own purpose. Many consider themselves slighted and rejected if not allowed to proceed with all their desires. Others are determined to go forward with tasks for which they are not fitted and to which the Lord has not called them, vainly endeavoring to accomplish a work for which they are insufficient, meanwhile neglecting to do those things that are within their powers and to which they are called by the Lord. This chapter is a striking example of resignation to God’s will.