D. Elmoudy used to say, these are powerful words.

True humility attracts.

Lack of humility subtracts.

And false humility detracts.

And here, my beloved friends, in this true humility, not false humility,

true humility, you find our friend David in 2, Samuel, Chapter 7. Here we are going to see true humility in action. A lot of people

talk about humility, but we're going to see how it works in action, actually in real life.

Here is David, is not spoiled by his success. He's not giddy with his position.

David is not swollen by victory that he had received.

Here we see David not forgetting the Lord in the midst of his prosperity.

No. Instead, we see his poverty of spirit

continues on. That is true poverty and spirit. This is truly a man whose poverty and spirit is on

display for all of us to see. How? By having the glory of God as his number one concern, by having the honor of the Lord as his number

one priority, as having the worship of the true God as his life's goal. David's most desperate

longing here is for the kingdom of God, not for the kingdom of David. And here's how it happened.

David could not stand the fact that he is living in the lap of luxury, in a beautiful house that

was built with cedar. Here he is living in luxury, and the ark of the covenant is in a tent. He couldn't stand it.

Someone said there are thousands of professing Christians who think more about the welfare of their pets than they do about the work of God.

I did not say that. I wish I did. It was a great British theologian by the name of Arthur Pink, but I want to say amen belongs here.

Look at verse 2. 2. Samuel 7. David said to Nathan the prophet, here I am living in a place of Cedar, and the

ark of the covenant remains in a tent. That, my beloved friends, is a man whose heart after God.

This is a man who is blessed by being poor in spirit. Someone would say, well, Michael, you said this is the first step.

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