THE OTHER SIDE OF DAVID

WEDNESDAY, 22ND JUNE, 2022

Topic: THE OTHER SIDE OF DAVID

MEMORIZE: “Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house.” – 2 Samuel 11:4.

SCRIPTURE READING: 

“Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, "Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?" Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house. And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, "I am with child…" 2 Samuel 11:2-5. 

EXPOSITION:

David, from his childhood, was known to be a favourite child of God, someone who loved God deadly and feared him. He knew how to make God happy through inspirational songs of praise and worship. When king Saul disappointed God and was rejected by God from being king over Israel, God told Samuel not to mourn for Saul because He has found for Himself a man after His heart - David. The Spirit of God came upon him and began to do valiantly in the camp of Israel. He became famous in the strength of God and was made the king of Israel after the death of king Saul.

But David had the other side of him that he did not take care of – it was his appetite for women. When he was in the wilderness, he came in contact with the servants of Nabal, the husband of beautiful and respectful Abigail, who acted so foolishly for not taking care of David and his men who were kind to him. When he thought of revenge, Abigail intercepted, pacified him and met their needs. Ten days later, God killed him (Nabal). “Then it came about, after about ten days, that the LORD struck Nabal, and he died. So when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept His servant from evil! For the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head." And David sent and proposed to Abigail, to take her as his wife.” 1 Samuel 25:38:39. The question is: when did David become the next of kin to Nabal, that he was the one to marry the widow? We thought it was normal until we read that in Hebron He has six sons from six wives and later he increases wives and concubines - 1 Chronicles 3:1-9. He multiplied wives which eventually became multiplied trouble unto him. 

Examine yourself today, what is that weakness you are nurturing in your life, it is capable of destroying your testimony before God and men. Cry to God today to help you conquer it before it conquers you.

PRAYER POINT:

i. O Lord, my God, help me to conquer my weakness today, so as to be perfect instrument in your hand in Jesus name. 

ii. O Lord, my God, I refused to be destroyed by my weakness in Jesus name. 

iii. O Lord, my God, I preserve my testimony in you by the blood of Jesus Christ in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – Psalm 64-67

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