Reverence before God is very important. "Irreverence" cost Uzziah his life (2 Samuel 6:7). David was unashamed of showing his devotion to the Lord (2 Sam. 6:21-22) in public. Chapter 7 is one of my favorite chapters as it contains many words from God himself followed by a long prayer from a very godly man. Reading David's prayer and replacing "David" with our name is a great way to gather more meaning from this prayer. If David understood one thing, it was that that God is a sovreign God. In his prayer, he notes God's sovreignty seven times. We can learn much about prayer by reading and rereading David's prayer (7:18-29). In chapter 8, we see how God was with David just as he promised he would be (7:9).
On earth, we often lose sight of what should be considered "most important." As a teenager, our saying was "keep the main thing the main thing." So when just one person comes to know the Lord for the first time, we ought to party like they do in heaven (Luke 15:7, 10). Oftentimes, however, we overlook the one in hopes for the many.
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