Who's this God?

“This is what makes you so great, Master God ! There is none like you, no God but you, nothing to compare with what we’ve heard with our own ears. And who is like your people, like Israel, a nation unique in the earth, whom God set out to redeem for himself (and became most famous for it), performing great and fearsome acts, throwing out nations and their gods left and right as you saved your people from Egypt? You established for yourself a people—your very own Israel!—your people permanently. And you, God , became their God. 2 Samuel 7:22‭-‬24 MSG

First,  I do not determine on my own what pleases God; I must find out what he wants and desire those things, and his Word is the secret to that discovery. I must also learn that the world's standards and God's requirements will almost always be contrary. A decision will be made on my priorities as I live from day to day.

David here had met this God, and he seeks to introduce him to us. Here is a God who makes his decisions as he pleases and answers to nobody. He sets up one and brings down another; he directs the affairs of men the way he pleases. He chose a nation out of many, and in spite of their stubborn and petty nature, continues to lavish his love on them.

Just so you know this God, he is the same one who also punishes them when they go wrong. He is not like man- with a price and can be deceived. He sees, reads and knows our hearts and he will deal accordingly,  with justice and fairness, on his own terms, not ours.  He remains the boss, and his authority will one day be total and absolute, with no room for dissent. Won't it just be best to surrender willingly to that authority today? One day, every knee will bow. His time of favour is here.