Today’s Thought “Insane Plotting” G. Ward

2 Samuel 11

²⁶ Now when Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for her husband. ²⁷ When the time of mourning was over, David sent servants and had her brought to his house and she became his wife; then she bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the Lord.

 

King David’s forgetfulness lasted far too long, causing heinous sins’ spread to appear absolutely irreconcilable and whereas our Creator enabled HIS mouthpiece, the Prophet Nathan, to challenge David’s escapades with a fantastic story (2 Sa. 12:1-7), this expose’ brought recovery to David’s spiritual commitment/consciousness (*Ps.51).

Like David, forsakenness of spiritual righteousness imposed on us (via HIS Word), may too come under great lapse and while our Lord may have chosen us before the foundation of the world, our actions say differently. So, HE provides great escape (1 Cor. 10:13). Moreover, there are many Nathans’ (for our era also) that actualize the Lord’s demands. Our hearts however, must be as David’s was – quietly grievous over our sin capacity, along with disquieting a repetitiveness, in view of such mercy from the Almighty; otherwise, we nullify HIS grace towards us.