"Nathan said to David, 'You are the man!'" 2 Sam 12:7
This scripture is the culmination of a series of events that literally tested the relationship between God and the one man that was closest to his heart. Most of us know the story of how David went from seeing a beautiful woman on a roof top to sending her husband to the front lines of a war, causing him to be killed.
God sent Nathan to him with a hypothetical situation about a man who had stolen something very dear and precious from another even though the man had plenty. David was very angry and ruled that the thief be punished, even mentioning death. It was at this time that Nathan revealed that it was he who was the thief.
Beloved has God ever sent someone to you under similar circumstances? If so, how did you receive them? The fact is, we all know when we do wrong. In fact, we do as much as possible to cover that wrong. Despite our best efforts, there is the possibility that we could be discovered. Whether we are or not, God knows. In this case, God was angry with David, yet loved him enough to correct and eventually restore him. He sent a friend.
We must seek to do the will of God in every word, thought and deed. Should there be a time when we fall short and someone comes in the spirit of meekness to inform and restore us, let us receive them as David did Nathan. And let us realign ourselves with the will of the Father. We all make mistakes but we do not have to become them.
Loving Like Jesus,
Lee
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Can You Hear Him Now?-DD 5/10/2011
"And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights." Jonah 1:17
Everyone knows the famous story of Jonah. He experienced consequences of disobedience that were quite interesting. Imagine what it must have been like to be convicted in your heart, thrown overboard into a stormy sea and swallowed by a fish. The type of solitude he evidently had gave him a clarity of thought not previously enjoyed. You have to love God's way of getting our attention sometime.
Beloved, has God ever gotten your attention? Most often, those times are both painful and inconvenient. Despite how wrong we might be, no one likes to be punished. But there is something that each of us needs to understand. First, like Jonah, we are God's people and as God's people, we are on a mission. Like Jonah, our responsibility is to go to a people in imminent danger and warn them. When we run away from those responsibilities, there are consequences. Secondly and at least as importantly, He chastens us because He loves us, Heb 12:6-9. God corrects us in an effort to not lose us.
Sometimes the responsibilities of being a Christian can be inconvenient, disagreeable and perhaps even painful, but know that it is all for the love of God and for the good of our very souls.
Loving Like Jesus,
Lee
Everyone knows the famous story of Jonah. He experienced consequences of disobedience that were quite interesting. Imagine what it must have been like to be convicted in your heart, thrown overboard into a stormy sea and swallowed by a fish. The type of solitude he evidently had gave him a clarity of thought not previously enjoyed. You have to love God's way of getting our attention sometime.
Beloved, has God ever gotten your attention? Most often, those times are both painful and inconvenient. Despite how wrong we might be, no one likes to be punished. But there is something that each of us needs to understand. First, like Jonah, we are God's people and as God's people, we are on a mission. Like Jonah, our responsibility is to go to a people in imminent danger and warn them. When we run away from those responsibilities, there are consequences. Secondly and at least as importantly, He chastens us because He loves us, Heb 12:6-9. God corrects us in an effort to not lose us.
Sometimes the responsibilities of being a Christian can be inconvenient, disagreeable and perhaps even painful, but know that it is all for the love of God and for the good of our very souls.
Loving Like Jesus,
Lee
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