When David told the prophet Nathan of his plans to build a house for the ark of God, Nathan initially told him, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you” (1 Chronicles 17:2). Yet this was not God’s plan; so the Lord told the prophet to tell David he was not to do this (1 Chronicles 17:4).
However, God was not rejecting David as He had Saul. In …
