Here Is The Reason David Had An Affair

2 Sam. 11:1 - 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.

• David Wasn’t Where He Was Supposed To Be

David was the king. It was the time of the year when kings go out to battle. Instead of David leading his men into battle, or simply encouraging them by being with them. He has decided to stay in Jerusalem.

When was the last time you got in trouble because you weren’t where you were supposed to be?

When I was a youth it seemed like I was always getting into trouble because I was always some where I shouldn’t have been. David is going to bring some serious harm to his family because he was not where he should have been.

• David Crashes And Burns

If you want to read a soap opera start reading 2 Sam. 11:1 and read to the end of the book. Let me share with you a synopsis of what is going to take place in David’s life and it all starts right here when he was where he shouldn’t have been.

David is going to have a sexual relationship with Bathsheba, and she is married to Uriah, who happens to be one of David’s mighty men. This man is a warrior. He is a hero. He has a beautiful wife, and the king is going to sink to a new low.

David will get Bathsheba pregnant. David will try to hide his sin by bringing Uriah home from the war. He hopes Uriah will go home that night and have sex with his wife.

Uriah will not go home and have sex with his wife because his brothers are on the battlefield and his moral compass will not allow him to do this. David will hear Uriah never went home. David will keep him in Jerusalem one more day and David gets Uriah drunk, hoping that when he is drunk his moral compass will not guide him correctly, and he will go home and have a sexual relationship with his wife, and in so doing David’s sin will be hidden.

Uriah drunk has a better moral compass than David at this time. Once again he will not have a sexual relationship with his wife. David’s next plan is to write Uriah’s death sentence. He gives it to him and tells him to deliver it to Joab. Joab obeys David and has the opposing army kill Uriah.

• David Rebuked

The prophet Nathan will come before King David (1 Sa.12) and tell him a parable about a rich man who killed his neighbor’s sheep and served it to a traveler who stopped at his house. David is infuriated by this parable and tell Nathan this man deserves to die. Nathan says to David, “You’re the man.”  Again, please remember why this is happening. David wasn’t where he was supposed to be.
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• David’s Life Of Pain Comes From This One Bad Decision

Here are some of the things that will happen in David’s life because of this one bad decision.

Bathsheba’s son to David will die. Amnon is David’s son and Tamar is David’s daughter but they have different mothers. Amnon will rape Tamar. David’s son Absalom will kill Amnon because he raped his sister, Tamar.

Absalom will lead a coup against his father, David, and try to become king. Absalom will have sex on the roof top with all of David’s concubines during this coup. Joab will kill David’s son Absalom. Later, when David is close to death his son, Adonijah, will likewise lead a coup and try to take over being king.

How could all of this been prevented? David should have been where he was supposed to be.

If you ask yourself the question, “Should I go there?”

Hopefully, you think about what happened to David because of one bad decision, which led to another, which spiraled downward and out of control.

Think About These:

You are only one bad decision away from a totally different life.

Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.

Stay Pumped,

Gary A. Serago

Minister of God's Word

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