You know all your mistakes? Forget them. It is really all about God

2 Samuel 7
“ ‘THE LORD DECLARES TO YOU THAT THE Lord himself will establish a house for you: 12When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. 13He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. 15But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me[b] ; your throne will be established forever.’ ” 

Today,  I was whining about how I do so many things wrong.  About this and that getting messed up.  How could I have done things differently? What did I do wrong? Continually paying I will do it better next time.

Then I read my devotion for the day.  In it David had wanted to honor God by building Him a temple.  God said NO! HE HAD OTHER PLANS! HE DIDN'T NEED DAVID TO BUILD HIM A TEMPLE. This was a different answer than usual David..."a man after God's own heart." God took care of David. Reassured him when things went wrong. Disciplined him when he made wrong choices. God already had plans for a temple and He didn't need David to jump ahead of them. 

In fact, God had even bigger and better plans. He sent the Saviour through David's lineage. He even told David about this ahead of time.  

Everything David did to try and prove his love for God,  was nothing compared to the love God was trying to show him. We, just like David, need to learn to accept God's love. We need to bask in the glow of it.  We need to focus on His love and not what we can do for Him! 

Father,  please help me to look to you every second. None of my choices are good if they aren't made with you.  Nothing I do will benefit me or your kingdom,  if it isn't done because of your love and through your love. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen