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| How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. |
| —2 Samuel 7:22 |
I once overheard this conversation between two individuals who sat next to each other on a four-hour cross-country plane ride:
“I must confess that I have never met anyone quite like you.”
“Is that so? And, is that a good thing or a bad thing?”
“Oh! That’s a very good thing!”
I must tell you that I smiled as I listened to these two people become friends. What a lovely conversation. One person recognizes the unique qualities that the other person has displayed during their few hours of conversation. The other person receives that affirmation with a certain joy and thankfulness. This represents a truly positive outcome from spending several hours on what could have become just another routine flight.
On the one part, I must congratulate the first person for having the ability to perceive the value of the person in the next airplane seat. On the other part, I must congratulate the second person for offering enticing conversation that provoked such a positive response from the seatmate. Both parties deserve recognition for their contribution to this new-found and growing relationship.
In the Scripture verse that begins this blog post, King David prays a prayer of gratitude to God. David’s prayer follows a lengthy prophesy that the Prophet Nathan delivers to the King on behalf of God. Nathan outlines exactly the many ways in which God intends to bless David, as David reigns over Israel. Quite naturally, in great humility, David prays his thanksgiving to God in a most eloquent prayer.
In his prayer, David makes the declaration contained in this quoted verse. David acknowledges that God is great, that there is no one like Him, and that He alone is the one true God. David’s declaration is very much like the one I heard on that airplane, as two people became acquainted with each other and the first person declared: “I must confess that I have never met anyone quite like you.”
Pondering God’s unfailing love for us, thinking about all that He has done for us and continues to do for us, feeling gratitude that, through the in-dwelling Holy Spirit, God continues to lay out a pathway for our lives, as we begin this new day, it would be very well for us to give to God this same acknowledgement that King David gave. We can rightly say to God: “How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you!”
