1 Chronicles 17:17-22 - The Biblical Illustrator

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And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord.

A model of devout thanksgiving

I. Over what he rejoices.

1. Over great blessings received.

2. Over yet greater blessings promised.

II. In what spirit he regards these favours.

1. As utterly undeserved by himself.

2. As the gift of God’s sovereign grace. (J. P. Lange.)

God’s relation to His people

Consider

I. The relation God bears to His people.

1. He has chosen them out of the world.

2. He has given Himself to them in a peculiar way.

3. He avows that relation to them before the whole universe.

II. What under that relation we may expect at his hands.

1. The care of His providence.

3. The communications of His grace.

3. The manifestations of His love.

4. The possession of His glory.

III. What under that relation He is entitled to expect from us.

1. That we be a people to Him.

2. That we give ourselves to Him. (C. Simeon, M. A.)

Related Commentaries of 1 Chronicles 17:17

1 Chronicles 17:17-22

17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.

18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.