2Sa 7:1-3

Now it came about when the king lived in his house,
and the LORD had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,

that the king said to Nathan the prophet,
“See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.”

Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your mind, for the LORD is with you.”

David’s throne was secure.
David’s house was done.
It was grand!

David was at rest on every side.
The Lord had given him rest from all his enemies.

It is the Lord alone that can give true rest!

But the King had something on his heart.
He was thinking about something.

He called Nathan the prophet in and told him.

David was checking with Nathan as to whether he should do something.

David saw how he lived in splendor in a house of cedar, but, as he put it, “the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.”

He wanted to build a house for the Ark of God to reside.
He wanted to build a house for the Presence of God.
He wanted to build a place for God to reside.

On the surface a laudable intent of the heart…perhaps.

Nathan’s response?
He told David “Go, do all that is in your mind, for the Lord is with you.”

So, David had a “go” from Nathan.

All is well…but is it?

In subsequent verses we will see insight into how the prophets heard from the Lord, spoke for the Lord.

Nathan had told David to “go ahead”.
Nathan…and David…are about to find out that Nathan had “run ahead of the Lord”.
He had spoken from himself, not from the Lord.

Interesting.

Have we ever done that?

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