"Blindsided"

"I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids," (Psalms 132:4)

  Yes, I could have just lumped all 5 of these verses into one big post; but what is the fun in that! We all know that David slept between the time he made his vow and the time of his death; because David never did build the Temple, Solomon did. But, here is the thing that makes all things relevant in the Kingdom of God: In his heart, the Temple was built for God! God pretty much did the same thing with David that He did with Abraham; He made is all about someone else, other than just David! We see this taking place in 2 Samuel 7:11-16, where God tells David that he will build him a house, and then He says this: "And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom." (v.12) This is the introduction of non-other than our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to David, as David's seed! We have Jesus given description of throughout the Bible; some say, from the very verse of Genesis; but not like this, this is the first, besides the "seed" of Eve, where there is definitive royal bloodline; not just the seed of Abraham, but the descendant of King David. Who can sleep though that! Here is David, sitting in his house, having been given rest from fighting and all the distractions that come with planning war; to get a chance to ponder all that God has blessed him with, a beautiful house, a kingdom, all the people united together again under him; his heart begins to feel the need to do something for God. Imagine that for just a moment, and try and think of anything that anyone could actually do for God; not do, as towards other people, but to actually do something to provide anything for God, the Maker of everything! How about making the Maker? Now that is a pretty heavy duty proposal! Sure is, and again, Who made the proposal; none other than Him...

"He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: but my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee, thy throne shall be established for ever." (2 Samuel 7:13-16)