Chaplains’ Chat

We live in a fast-paced world where everything seemingly needs to be done at top speed, instantaneously and with expectations to get things done. I can get answers to questions and information at the click of a button. I often have a ‘to do’ list that needs to be done yesterday and looming events that take up my time and energy. We can so often live lives just for the moment without pausing to see and reflect on the bigger picture. I know I can get frustrated at relatively little things that don’t go ‘my way’ like when the traffic holds me up for five minutes. We have hopes and expectations that we want fulfilled instantaneously.

This Term in Chapel we are continuing to look at the life of David. A small but important episode occurs in David’s life, whereby God himself gives David a promise. God promises in 2 Samuel 7:13 that there will be one after David to come, and “he is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.” The promise ultimately points to the coming of Jesus who will be God’s King forever. Here is scope to reflect on the big picture. In the midst of David’s life, here was part of God’s bigger picture for life for him. Remarkably, this promise of God was made about 1000 years before Jesus lived. This was all part of God’s bigger picture for life, not only for David but also for us. God is faithful to his promises, and in the sending of Jesus and establishing Jesus as King it puts things into a different perspective in our lives.

Rev Anthony Benn
Chaplain