David's prayer to God in response to being anointed king over all of Israel Part 1 (1 Chronicles 17: 16-22

David went into the tent he had set up for the sacred chest. He sat there and prayed: LORD God, my family and I don't deserve what you have already done for us, and yet you have promised to do even more for my descendants. You are treating me as if I am a very important person. I am your servant, and you know my thoughts. What else can I say, except that you have honored me? It was your choice to do these wonderful things for me and to make these promises. No other god is like you, LORD - you alone are God. Everything we have heard about you is true. And there is no other nation on earth like Israel, the nation you rescued from slavery in Egypt to be your own. You became famous by using great and wonderful miracles to force other nations and their gods out of your land, so that your people could live here. You have chosen Israel to be your people forever, and you have become their God. Five key concepts make up this portion of David's prayer. First he remembers. He remembers what God has already done. Second, he gives thanks for what God has already done. Third, he gives credit to God for what he has done. Fourth, he realizes that it by God's grace and not his merit that he has become king. Fifth, he exalts God over every other god. David's petition puts God in the center of his life. Daily Prayer: Father, you are my God, not so much for what you do, but for who you are. You raise me up every day, like a father upholding his son. You don't tally my sins against me, but instead give me opportunity to do well. You alone are God and there is no other. Amen.