According to a survey released after the 9/11 tragedy, most Americans would say ” I love you” to their relatives and friends if they came to the end of their lives. It is human nature or perhaps for any living things that communicating love and affection is a type of God-given gift, to show we need love and to be loved.

When King David spoke out his last words, he too expressed his love and thankfulness to God who had protected him and given him wonderful success throughout his lifetime. So he commanded his children to rule in righteousness and in the fear of God. “The person who rules righteously and fearfully before God is like the light of morning and the sunrise bursting forth in a cloudless sky as well as the refreshing rains that bring tender grass from the earth” (2 Samuel 23:4). King David knew that It was God that lifted him up among his people and delivered him out of his enemy’s hands. It is God who deserves the credit for his success and prosperity.

To be imitators of David, we need to take to heart all his David’s words that direct us to walk in righteousness and have reverence for God.