When Favor Doesn’t Make Sense: 2 Samuel 7

“Then King David went in, sat in the Lord’s presence, and said, Who am I, Lord God?”

2 Samuel 7:18a

… same, David. Who am I?

When I look at my life—when I think about where I’ve come from, what I’ve walked through, the things I’ve gotten wrong, the grace I didn’t earn—my only response is: “Who am I, Lord, that you’ve brought me this far?”

Sometimes I read a passage like this and just sit there in awe, wondering why God pours out favor the way He does. Why David? Why me? Why you?

David wasn’t perfect. Far from it.  God made promise after promise to him—covenant promises that would impact generations.

It’s humbling to realize we don’t always get the answer to “why.”   Hard things, undeserved Favor.  Neither are something we can measure or predict.

There are days I wrestle with that—when I wish I had the full explanation, or I want to understand the “why” behind the waiting or the blessing or the silence.

I’m choosing to rest in this: He is good. He is good to me. And He is good at being God.