Now, LORD, God establish forever the promise which you spoke about your servant and his house. Do as you promised. --2 Samuel 7:25 (my own translation)

What impresses (and frightens me) about this passage is the way that David talks to the LORD, his God. The last sentence of this passage is in the imperative; David is telling God what He will do. God will do as He as promised. David is in essence saying: "Be true to Your word! Be who You are! Keep Your promise to me and my household!"

To someone who is young in their faith, it may seem as though David is over-stepping his bounds. How dare a mortal man speak the eternal God in this fasion? But, to those who have walked with the Lord for a while and had to lean on him, we recognize the necessity of this action. To hold God accountable to His promises is to recognize that we cannot do this thing called life alone. We need God's help. We need His work in our lives. We need to trust that God will be there to help us or else we will never be able to go beyond our own selves. In order to achieve greatness, we must lean on the one who is Greatest.