Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. (2 Samuel 23:5)
*1/ David's house not so with God.
2/ Yet: An everlasting covenant made with him.
3/ What this covenant meant to David.*
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This sermon was preached at Priory Chapel Maidstone.
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**Sermon Summary:**
David's final words in 2 Samuel 23:5 reveal a profound truth: despite the imperfections of his life and the turmoil within his household, he finds his entire salvation and deepest desire in an everlasting covenant made by God—secure, ordered in all things, and unshakable.
This covenant, rooted in God's grace and established before the world began, transcends human failure and spiritual struggle, offering assurance not because of personal merit but because of divine faithfulness.
It is a covenant that encompasses all of God's redemptive work—from the promise to Adam, through Noah, Abraham, and David, to its fulfilment in Christ and the new covenant written on the heart.
David's personal confession—though his house is not as it should be, and though his spiritual growth may seem stagnant—affirms that this covenant is sufficient, complete, and the sole foundation of his hope.
The sermon underscores that true faith rests not in human progress or perfection, but in the unchanging, sovereign grace of God, which sustains the believer through sin, sorrow, and uncertainty, and which remains the source of all salvation and desire.