Rev. Canon Dr. Rebecca Margret Nyegenye
Rev. Canon Dr. Rebecca Margret Nyegenye

This question comes from a heart that is fully surrendered to God. I Chronicles 17:1-16 lays a background to the question David is asking. He wanted to build a house for the Lord in response to the blessings God had bestowed upon him. And when he shared with Prophet Nathan it seemed good. God intervened immediately with a big NO which message Nathan graciously communicated to David. Instead of David getting angry as any of us would do, he acknowledged God’s greatness and burst in worship.
One major thing that God reminded David is in verses 7-8 “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be Prince over my people Israel, and I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a name, like the name of
the great ones on earth.” This summarizes who David was, who he was then, what he would be in future and his prolonged legacy that will be celebrated after his death. This covenant relationship forms a basis for David’s worship.

When David received the message, he did not consider his greatness as King but the greatness of God in the face of a small man David. To David it was like he was born as a son of a great Monarch and not a poor shepherd. The attitude with which we receive gifts from God matters. God’s giving reflects the greatness of the giver not the receiver. David’s humility is reflected in the repetition of “your servant” ten times in the prayer. A humble, penitent and God centered leader will never retire because their leadership is established by God and so their legacy lives beyond their life time.
• Their plans never die but are established through their offspring
• They are assured of God’s protection against their enemies
• They never lack because God is their Father
A similar question is asked by David in Psalm 8:4, “what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? Given the greatness of God and what He has done, Him being Creator of the universe, man is too little to be recognized by God. But we remember in creation that God created humanity uniquely in His own image for purposes of glorifying God. How often have we failed to glorify God?

I want to call our attention today to marvel at who we are and what God has done in our lives. Consider what God has been to you irrespective of your background, who are you that God has positioned you where you are. The wickedness all around us, the lack of commitment to give our lives wholly to Jesus, the immorality, murder and all the evil that we see around us is due to lack of the knowledge of who we are. We have underestimated the power of the Creator and instead of looking at His greatness we have made Him too small and even set up boundaries that close Him out entirely.
Rejecting salvation as a gift from God is making Him too small and neglect-
ing his offer of Jesus to us as the only beloved Son. It is reminding God that
I have more than what you want to give me. I beg that you can choose today to return in humility and agree to be a servant of the LORD. Allow to be used of him. If we give ourselves wholly to the Lord, we shall do mighty exploits in this cathedral and in the city of Kampala. WHO AM I LORD? Is our question.
May God bless you.
The Very Rev. Canon Dr. Rebecca Nyegenye
PROVOST

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