Post by Woody Williams on Aug 29, 2005 9:55:15 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- II Samuel 11:2-5, 26-27
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It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful. David sent someone to inquire about the woman. It was reported, 'This is Bathsheba daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.' So David sent messengers to fetch her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself after her period.) Then she returned to her house. The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, 'I am pregnant.'
When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she made lamentation for him. When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son.
Devotional
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The Bible does not hide the faults of its heroes, not even King David. He was a poet, musician, warrior, anointed king of Israel and human being. It appears that he forgot that last designation of who he was. Did David feel that a king could lay aside the morality of the commandments? This seems to be part of our brokenness as human beings. Sin is ever present, no matter how elevated we become in our position, giftedness or religiosity. We each have our Achilles heel, that part of us that is susceptible to temptation and sin. David's blindness to accountability led to these tragic events. Unless we are aware of our blind spots, we never see these things coming. As Jesus said, only those who know they are blind truly see.
Prayer
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Lord, open my eyes to my sin and open my heart to your mercy. Amen
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It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful. David sent someone to inquire about the woman. It was reported, 'This is Bathsheba daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.' So David sent messengers to fetch her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself after her period.) Then she returned to her house. The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, 'I am pregnant.'
When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she made lamentation for him. When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son.
Devotional
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The Bible does not hide the faults of its heroes, not even King David. He was a poet, musician, warrior, anointed king of Israel and human being. It appears that he forgot that last designation of who he was. Did David feel that a king could lay aside the morality of the commandments? This seems to be part of our brokenness as human beings. Sin is ever present, no matter how elevated we become in our position, giftedness or religiosity. We each have our Achilles heel, that part of us that is susceptible to temptation and sin. David's blindness to accountability led to these tragic events. Unless we are aware of our blind spots, we never see these things coming. As Jesus said, only those who know they are blind truly see.
Prayer
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Lord, open my eyes to my sin and open my heart to your mercy. Amen
.