"Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said "Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that you have brought me this far? And yet this was a small thing in your sight, O God; and you have also spoken of Your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God." (I Chronicles 17:16-17).
King David, ruler of all of Israel, triumphant over Saul and (soon to be) the Phillistines, and yet he had nothing but humility on his heart. I don't know exactly what David looked like, but I always envision a broken soul coming before God, for he knew in his heart that none could satisfy like the Lord. A lot of times living here I have felt unsure of what to do next, or sometimes even who I am. Perhaps that is why so many develop superiority complexes or arrogance; it is much easier to be assurred in who you are, even if you're wrong! As followers of Christ, we know that it is better to be lost but cling to God, then have our path laid out for us, when it is purely our own design. I pray that whatever we receive, be it home, hearth, happiness, or health, that we see it is the work of the Lord, and not the works of our own hands. David was a man of many mistakes, but in spite of, or perhaps because of, his lack of vision of who he was, he was able to see God all the more clearly. Let us not be deceived by societies' assurrance of self-glorifying self-esteem!
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