2 Samuel 11-12
David was Where he was not supposed to be, looked at what he was not supposed to look at, and acted on his desire upon whom he was not supposed to be with. James tells us in chapter one that we are drawn away of our OWN lusts. Then when lust is acted upon, sin is birthed, and left to itself, destruction.
David was at the palace instead of leading the fighting where he had the anointing and training from God.
Because of his boredom, he was walking around. He ended up looking at what he should not have lingered, fueling his lust.
He acted on that lust and had the woman brought to him, even though he knew she as married to one of his soldiers.
He sent her home as if nothing had happened treating her with disdain as if she were a prostitute.
He tried to hide everything by trying to force her husband to go home and have relations with her. He proved to be more honorable than David.
David committed murder by the hands of an enemy, that David was supposed to be fighting with the troops.
At least David owned up to the sin and repented, but the destruction was already set in place.
How am I like David? Where have I been where I was not supposed to be, gave my attention to what I was not supposed to look at, lusted upon what was not honorable before God, and acted upon with no regard for my covenant relationship through the Lord Jesus Christ?
Where did I try to cover it up with flesh type efforts? Is what I am reaping now the results of that (those) sins?
“Lord, I repent in Jesus Name and ask that You cleanse me from all unrighteousness with the Blood of the Lamb, and by Your Spirit never to do such a thing again. In Jesus Name, Amen”.
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Comments on: "Where, Looked, Acted, Covered Up" (2)
Isn’t it interesting that a Nazarene Preacher would make that point. In our day, any Nazarene member seeing someone coming out of a liquor store assumed the worst. Here spies are hiding out in a prostitutes house, and of course anyone seeing them go in are assuming the worse. How we all have been guilty of passing judgement.
Great thought. I especially liked the thought of, “…we are all just one decision away from a moral disaster.”
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Thanks Jerry…good thoughts…I once heard a sermon thought that each one of us is only one decision away from a moral disaster. It is interesting to contrast this story with Chapter 1 of Joshua. When you think of the spies hiding in the house of a prostitute it just seems so weird. I wrote a little thought on the edge of the page by Joshua 1…”These two men were not hiding from their responsibility, but hiding because they were being responsible; sometimes responsibility can take us to some very unlikely places.” I also recall what Pastor Lee used to say when I attended PazNaz years ago…the acronym for Delight (from Psalm 37) is Daily Everything Laid Into God’s Hands Triumphantly. Blessings cousin, Jim
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