Monday 10 September 2012

2 Samuel 11&12



 "David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die!"
{2 Samuel 12:5}  (NIV1984

Most Christians reserve the right to exhibit “righteous” anger. Our thought process goes like this, “I am angry because of the sin, not because of the person. Surely God is angry too. All I am doing is channeling God’s anger.” 

David’s depth of worship and spiritual life, is an example to us all. He loved God and worshiped Him only! The sin that was described to him by Nathan, was the sin of envy, theft, and mistreatment of a “lessor” by a “greater” - which is abuse of position. The harsh response of David seems justified until Nathan points out that David is that man! 

We wonder if David’s harsh response is connected to his “blindness” to his own grievous sin. When we consider our Lord telling us to remove the timber from our eye before we deal with a speck in our brother’s eye (Matt 7), we begin to understand that anger at sin in others, indicates sin that is not confessed in us. We wonder, how could David not see his sin? Why did the Spirit not show him his sin? David tells us that the fault was his; he kept silent. (Ps 32). May David’s response be our response: "Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity." (Ps 32:5)

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