Good News & Bad News!
Thus says the Lord of hosts to David....
“I have been with you wherever you have
gone, and have cut off all your enemies
from before you, .”
2 Samuel 7: 8
A standard dialogue technique in
screenwriting is
to have one character say to another, “I have some
good news & some bad news. Which do you want
first?” It’s a tough choice to make when you don’t
know what either piece of news will be.
David experienced something like that choice,
only God didn’t ask him which news he wanted
first. To prepare
David’s heart for the bad news
to come, God gave the king the good news first.
The good news was God had always been
with David, had given him success over his
enemies, and guaranteed his descendants
continually occupy the throne in Israel.
But the bad news was that David would not
have the honor of building a “house” for God
in Jerusalem; that honor would fall to his
son, Solomon.
There is always good news from
God:
He is always faithful, even in the face
of bad news. Thank Him today for
His faithfulness to you.
"Though men are false,
God is faithful."
Matthew Henry