David finally had the Kingdom established, He had quelled all his enemies and had developed his army to the point that for the first time–He did not have to Go out and lead the battles. God had led him and gave him victory in all that he approached. It was a great story–but then David became complacent. In his complacency, David got up from his bed one afternoon and looked out and saw a beautiful woman bathing…Bathsheba. He decided to take her and sleep with her–even though he had several other wives. He decided he was king and he could have anything he wanted–no matter what the cost.
One of the challenges of life, when it is going well, is that people become complacent and self-sufficient. When we are in the midst of trials, we have to rely upon God for our protection, provision, and preparation. When things are going well, we often begin to think we no longer need God’s help and start doing things on our own. Inevitably, if we continue down that path–it ends in disaster. Such was the case with David, and such is the case in our lives. In the times when God does bless us, that is when we need to humble ourselves, seek the Lord more intently and follow Him closely.
God wants for us, His chosen, to have full, meaningful and purposeful lives. It is our responsibility to keep focused upon God in both the blessed and the difficult times. If we will, it will be an amazing journey. If we do not, it will be an inevitable train wreck! Help me, Lord, to stay focused upon you and allow you to lead!
God Bless You!
In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
2 It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. 3 And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” 4 So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house. 5 And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, “I am pregnant.”
6 So David sent word to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.7 When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab was doing and how the people were doing and how the war was going. 8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and there followed him a present from the king. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. 10 When they told David, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”
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