‘For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun.’ ”’
II Samuel 12:12
I’m learning.
And.
God.
Has been.
Faithful.
In.
Teaching me.
That.
Everything.
Done.
In.
Secret.
Will.
Come.
To.
The light!
The above.
Verse.
Are.
The words.
Of.
The Lord.
Through.
Nathan.
Who.
Was.
A prophet.
The Lord.
Used.
To hold.
David.
Accountable.
For.
His.
Sinful.
Behavior.
Of.
Sleeping.
With.
His soldier.
Uriah.
Wife.
Bathsheba.
And.
Ordering.
Uriah.
To serve.
On.
The frontline.
Of.
Battle.
To be.
Killed.
In which.
He was.
‘Thus says the Lord : ‘Behold, I will raise up adversity against you from your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. ‘
II Samuel 12:11
Ultimately.
The Lord.
Forgave.
David.
But.
There.
Was.
Consequences.
For.
His actions.
‘So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord .” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.” ‘
II Samuel 12:13-14
This morning.
The lesson.
The Lord.
Revealed.
To me.
Was.
Be where.
I’m supposed.
To be.
‘It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.’
II Samuel 11:1
And.
Everything.
That.
Happens.
In.
Secret.
Will.
Come.
To.
The light!
David.
Was.
Supposed.
To be.
In battle.
With.
His soldiers.
However.
He was.
In.
Jerusalem.
And.
Fell.
Into.
Temptation.
‘Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. ‘
II Samuel 11:2
If.
He was.
Where.
God.
Intended.
Him.
To be.
He would.
Have.
Never.
Seen.
Bathsheba.
Look.
I’ve been.
In.
Some places.
Where.
I know.
The Lord.
Didn’t.
Want.
Me.
To be.
And.
It’s by.
God’s mercy.
That.
I didn’t.
Receive.
What.
I deserved.
Therefore.
It’s best.
To.
Always.
Stay.
In.
God’s will.
And.
Don’t.
Stray.
From.
The way.
The Lord.
Has.
Ordained.
For us.
‘“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.’
Matthew 7:13-14
I pray.
That you.
Stay.
On.
The narrow.
Path.
And.
Live.
In.
The light.
Because.
There.
Are.
Serious.
Consequences.
For.
Going astray!
And.
Living.
In.
Darkness!
I love you!
And.
I pray your day is blessed!
In Jesus name, Amen!
