Who am I, Sovereign Lord

2 Samuel 7:18-29

Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said: “Who am I, Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 

How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. And who is like your people Israel—the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?

Lord Almighty, God of Israel, you have revealed this to your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you.’ So your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. 

On this promise rests a hope which runs right through the remainder of the Old Testament, the hipe of a Messiah. And when Christ came, the promise was fulfilled. He was born in David's birthplace, Bethlehem, and of the house and lineage of David. The angel tells Mary: "The Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom there will be no end.
Why?
God said he will build the house of David, so David came to the Lord and prayed to the Lord.
David humbled himself and gave honor to the Lord. Who am I? All of us should say the same word, Who am I?
There is no one like our God. Our God is trustworthy, and he has promised us good things to us.
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十次在禱告中說他是神的僕人。沒有因為自己是王堅持要建造，堅持要為神建造聖殿。其實變成為自己立名，建功績。如果執意建造就和掃羅一樣了。
1.只有祝福自己還是小的，祝福我以後的人能蒙福，更是大的恩典。他認識到神的超越性。他不是回憶自己過去的政績，2.他記得神為以色列身上做的功績。這都是顯出神的大名，這不僅為首以色列人，更為了神的名。3.大膽向神祈禱，我們禱告是依據神的應許，必定成就。不是依據我們自己的想法。想到的是神的名為大。神的榮耀是最終的確目標。神面前的禱告
重點：
1. 謙卑自己 2. 不是只顧現在，而是以後 3. 思想神過去所做的功績、帶領，令人感恩 4.照著神 應許來禱告，想到的是神的名，神的心意得滿足是更重要的。
1)Humble ourselves, 2)Focus not on now but on the future  generation, 3)Remember what God has done on me, leading and give praise to the Lord. 4)Pray base on God's way and God's plan, instead of my own plan and desire, then it will be satified by the Lord.
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How?
Humble myself and honor the name of the Lord, let me be built by the Lord, transform my life more like Him.