Is David the forever King? Is the first story in a series, ‘Who is the forever king?’ We used this series of stories in the run up to Christmas, beginning with God’s promise to David, ‘Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’ 2 Samuel 7:16.
We begin with the story of David wanting to build a house for God (temple) and then each week find out if Solomon, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah or Josiah are the forever king. These five kings are not the only kings of God’s people but they are in in Matthew’s gospel and have stories that are suitable for telling to young children.
We made some great lollipop stick puppets using free downloads from Free Bible Images. We printed the pictures onto card, cut them out (with a generous border) and taped them to large lollipop sticks.
Each week we focused on one king – so we made some visual aids that we could add to each week. (The word ‘no’ was added at the end of the story). This helps to remind everyone of the stories and holds the theme together.
Is David the forever King? story from 2 Samuel 7
Say hello to King David! King David lived a long, long time ago. He was a good King who followed God and trusted God. One day David looked around at his beautiful house. It was really lovely, well made, warm and dry. It looked wonderful. As David looked at his house he had an idea. ‘I would like to build a house for God. A special place where people can go to worship him’. Now David knew that God is everywhere all at once, he wanted to build a really special place where God could be worshiped.
It does seem like a very good idea.
But God said, ‘No, David. You can plan the special house where people can come to worship me but your son will build it.’ And then God made a promise to David, a very special promise, ‘your kingdom will last forever, there will always be a king on your throne.’
What an amazing promise. David did as God said and made all the plans for the special house where people could come and worship God.
But was David the forever king that God had promised? No! David grew old and he died. And his son became King. We are still looking for the forever king. Who can he be?
Is David the forever king? craft idea
Make some crowns – you can buy card crowns to decorate of make your own using strips of card. Add stickers, tissue paper and coloured shapes to decorate.
