David had done the unthinkable…..he had taken another man’s wife for his own…..and then covered it up with murder.

 

At the greatest moment of his life—-he had forgotten about the Lord.  And his life was unraveling……..and it was unraveling because he had forgotten who had made him who he was.

 

I saw a sign that read:  “If God gave you everything that you asked for would the world be any different than it is today?”

 

OUCH.

 

Sometimes our greatest enemy ….. is ourselves.

 

And David……he had fully allowed his pride, his self-worship, his power, and money, and lust….to lead him (and another family) into a terrible place.

 

But David had Nathan.  And true friends are going to tell us the truth even when we don’t want to hear it…..

 

2 Samuel 12 4 “Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”

5 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! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!”

 

I think that David wrote the following as he struggled, and rightly so, with who he was:

 

Psalm 51  10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,

and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

11 Do not cast me from your presence

or take your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation

and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

 

There is no greater goal then to be aligned with the King of the universe.  Alignment with Him changes everything about each day that we live…..and it is the very thing that saves us from the very thing we really need rescue from…..OURSELVES.

 

Do you need a friend to come and tell you the honest truth?

 

Whether you do or not I will leave you with this…….

 

Without the Lord your life can go to empty incredibly fast.

It can deteriorate and crumble in the blink of an eye.

 

But God…….

God has known this….and He has planned for this…..and He has given you an exit strategy.

 

Leave your plans and your visions and your worldly goals in the rearview mirror and find a new map.

 

Because God has something for you that is better than anything you could ever attain on your own accord…….

 

HIS PRESENCE OVER YOUR LIFE

 

Pray for it.  Ask for it. Seek it.  In Him you have your greatest treasure….And as Peter said:  “Lord, where will I go? You, and You alone, hold the keys to eternal life.”

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J