In this passage, King David is at the pinnacle of his power and wealth.  He considers building a house for God.  God then appears to David and emphatically says no.  God has a different, greater plan.

• Sometimes the things we want are not the best things for us.
• Sometimes we can talk ABOUT God and not TO God.  David might have been moving from being full of God to being full of himself.  (Eugene Peterson)

God, the great Giver, is doing something greater.  (Psalm 50:9-15)

David finds out that God’s plans are better than he could even have ever asked or imagined.   What God is up to is immeasurably MORE.  

Are you in control?  Self-sufficient?  Or can you shift gears and recognize the gift of God that allows us to love as a response to that gift?