Read 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a
26 When Bathsheba heard that her
husband had been killed, she mourned for him. 27When the time of
mourning was over, David sent for her to come to the palace; she became his
wife and bore him a son. But the Lord
was not pleased with what David had done.
12
The Lord sent the prophet Nathan
to David. Nathan went to him and said, “There were two men who lived in the
same town; one was rich and the other poor. 2The rich man had many
cattle and sheep, 3while the poor man had only one lamb, which he
had bought. He took care of it, and it grew up in his home with his children.
He would feed it with some of his own food, let it drink from his cup, and hold
it in his lap. The lamb was like a daughter to him. 4One day a
visitor arrived at the rich man’s home. The rich man didn’t want to kill one of
his own animals to prepare a meal for him; instead, he took the poor man’s lamb
and cooked a meal for his guest.”
5 David was very angry with the rich
man and said, “I swear by the living Lord
that the man who did this ought to die! 6For having done such a
cruel thing, he must pay back four times as much as he took.”
7 “You are that man,” Nathan said to
David. “And this is what the Lord
God of Israel says: ‘I made you king of Israel and rescued you from Saul. 8I
gave you his kingdom and his wives; I made you king over Israel and Judah. If
this had not been enough, I would have given you twice as much. 9Why,
then, have you disobeyed my commands? Why did you do this evil thing? You had
Uriah killed in battle; you let the Ammonites kill him, and then you took his
wife! 10Now, in every generation some of your descendants will die a
violent death because you have disobeyed me and have taken Uriah’s wife. 11I
swear to you that I will cause someone from your own family to bring trouble on
you. You will see it when I take your wives from you and give them to another
man; and he will have intercourse with them in broad daylight. 12You
sinned in secret, but I will make this happen in broad daylight for all Israel
to see.’ ”
13 “I have sinned against the Lord,” David said.
Nathan replied, “The Lord forgives you; you will not die.
Think
What David had done was horrendous.
Adultery, murder, covetousness - a list of deadly sins. But he didn't recognize his fault until the
prophet Nathan spoke to him.
Pray
Lord - there are things about myself that I am blind to. Help me to hear the voices that call me to
change; so that I would be filled with your wisdom and cleansed of my sin.
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