1 Chronicles 17:17-22

And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord.

A model of devout thanksgiving

I. Over what he rejoices.

1. Over great blessings received.

2. Over yet greater blessings promised.

II. In what spirit he regards these favours.

1. As utterly undeserved by himself.

2. As the gift of God’s sovereign grace. (J. P. Lange.)

God’s relation to His people

Consider

I. The relation God bears to His people.

1. He has chosen them out of the world.

2. He has given Himself to them in a peculiar way.

3. He avows that relation to them before the whole universe.

II. What under that relation we may expect at his hands.

1. The care of His providence.

3. The communications of His grace.

3. The manifestations of His love.

4. The possession of His glory.

III. What under that relation He is entitled to expect from us.

1. That we be a people to Him.

2. That we give ourselves to Him. (C. Simeon, M. A.)