Sermon: Worship That Blesses

What would happen if God gave you a great victory in life? How would you respond? What would that blessing be for? This Sunday, we’ll see what happens in David’s life as God keeps his promises and gives him victory after victory in battle. Most importantly, though, we see that victory isn’t for victory’s sake. In Jesus, we too have victory, and those victories are for the glory of God, the good of others, and your joy.2 Samuel 8

David wants to honor God with a house. Instead, the Lord God blesses David with undeserved promises for the good of David and all humanity. This is how God intends for his people to live, then and now: by trusting in his gracious promises.This is how God teaches David to honor him, not by building a house but by trusting him as the God who makes and keeps his promises.God wants us to honor him in this way: by trusting in his promises through David’s greater son, Jesus our King.

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As we start back up with our sermon series called God’s King in the Book of Samuel, God’s people have experienced great blessing and seek to unite God’s King with God’s presence by bringing the ark of God to Jerusalem. As they seek to bless and be blessed by God, we’ll see that our methods, motives, and manner of worship matter to God, for us, and for all those around us.

As God sent a Savior to His people in Jesus, there was reason for people’s rejoicing ... and there were also tears as that Savior was nailed to the Cross and put in a grave on Friday. But as Sunday came and the tomb was empty, we’ll see that God fulfilled his promises in Jesus’ resurrection.

After years of suffering and humiliation and waiting, the time has finally arrived: David becomes king over all Israel! This week, we will see that the Lord God established David as King - just like he said he would all those years ago by Samuel. And when God’s king is established, God’s people benefit greatly

After years of their own sin and King Saul's sin, God's people need a king who is guiltless. They need a king who follows God and hopes in God to lead them. This week, we'll see that is just the king that David is. He will remain guiltless as the kingdoms come together and God's people will take pleasure in him as he rests in God.

Are we there yet? This is a common question we ask at different times, whether as a child on a road trip or as an adult wanting to be somebody or somewhere already. It’s easy for us to feel like we have paid our dues and should have arrived at our destination. With that in mind, it’s easy to think the time was right for David to be King of Israel after Saul’s death. However, what David finds is different: a divided kingdom and opposition to his kingdom. David wasn’t there yet, but through it all, he grew stronger

We come to the tragic end of Saul’s reign as king of Israel.  And we see that obedience to the will of God and submission to His sovereign authority causes David to respond to that news in a very unexpected way.