After receiving the promises of the Davidic covenant, David begins to experience success like Israel has never seen before. Many of us yearn for success in life, but how are we to handle it when it actually comes? Through this passage, we see that true success is faithfully fulfilling one's calling. And through David's success, we see the greater success of the Greater David, who fulfilled His calling by going to the cross to defeat our enemies and to secure our place in His Kingdom.