Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. Few chapters in the Old Testament

carry as much weight as 2 Samuel 7. It's here that God makes a covenant with King David,

promising to establish his throne

forever. But this chapter isn't ultimately about David's greatness. It's about the greatness

of the God who makes and keeps his promises. In today's episode, we'll begin a new sermon series

from the archives, David, a matter of the heart. In this opening message, Paul helps us see that

our hope doesn't

rest in human strength or achievement, but in the character of God, who stands behind every

promise he makes. To hear more sermons from Paul, visit paultrip.com slash sermons. Now here's Paul,

teaching from Second Samuel. Well, it was probably one of the best product names in modern culture.

It expressed something that everybody, if they thought about it, would want.

Windows.

What a great name. A window is something you see through. A window gives you perspective.

A window opens the world to you. A window brings in light. A window gives you insight. What a great name. Bill Gates was saying, I've created a

program that's going to give you a window on your world. God's word is meant to do just that for us.

It's meant to be a window on the world that we would never, ever have in of ourselves.

The best window on what is is the window of God's revelation.

And we're going to spend the next few months looking out of God's revelation. And we're going to spend the next few months looking out one of those windows.

It's the window of the life of David.

More biographical information pinned about this man in scripture than any other character other

than the Messiah.

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