King David, conscious of his own “palatial” home, wanted to build a permanent house for God.  God said no.  In His “no” was the promise that He would build a house for David (hence, the Davidic covenant in 2 Samuel 7).  Did David get his robe in a knot when Nathan told him he would not have the honor of building the temple?  Read on (my favorite part) in v.18:  “Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God?”   (At that point, I’d probably be pacing before the Lord, instead!).  David spends the rest of the chapter humbly sitting and giving honor to the Lord.  What an example of how to respond to the His will.