I try to do these during the weekdays for our children. Consistency is something I am still working on.
Today's words were shared with me in my sleep last night by God. I was literally laying there in my sleep thinking, "I need to use this in today's words to my children".
Here it goes:
Dear Hezekiah,
We are doing something different today.
Today we are going to do a study on a man of God who sinned greatly due to making some very selfish choices.
The story and it’s study will continue with your brother’s and sister’s words from Dad today and it will go in order from the youngest, you, to the eldest, Zachariah.
The story is about King David. It begins at a time when he was becoming selfish and lazy with his time. He was in sin due to not being with his men when they were at war. Instead he chose to stay home and this led to even more terrible decisions on his part. He opened himself up to temptation by being in a place where he should not have been.
2 Samuel 11:1-2 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
We must not be negligent in our duties in order to serve our flesh. As we will see, it leads to disastrous effects.
Love Daddy
Dear Elizabeth,
King David allowed his flesh to rule him instead of God’s Spirit. This resulted in him looking at something he should not have been looking at, another man’s wife.
This reminds me of Lot’s wife looking back at the things that pleased her flesh. She remembered and was already missing the carnal pleasures that Sodom gave her. As a result she was killed for her selfish desires and for not obeying the Lord.
King David was dong the very same thing. He was not obeying the Lord in that he should have been leading his men as they fought the enemy. Instead he chose to stay home and feed his flesh which led to him committing adultery with another man’s wife.
He then proceeded to cover up his sin with even more egregious sins. He began to plot the death of the man whose wife he violated.
2 Samuel 11:4-8 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
We must not continue on in sin so as to not get caught but we ought to repent immediately so that God can forgive. We will see that even with God’s forgiveness there are consequences to our sin.
Love Daddy
Dear Faith,
While David was busy trying to cover up his sin the one he violated or sinned against, Uriah, was showing David the kind of heart attitude the King should have had from the beginning. Uriah was correct to not wanting to feed his flesh while his fellow brethren were at war without him.
2 Samuel 11:9-12 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
Love Daddy
King David has made some very bad mistakes on purpose. This is sin and it leads to death as we see in Romans 6:23 where it says “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
It is really sad that while David was deserving of death he was arranging the murder of an innocent man so that he could cover up his sin.
2 Samuel 11:13-17 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
Love Daddy
Dear Shalem,
Many thoughts go through our minds as we read through this true story about a King purposing in his heart to go after selfish desires.
One of the things we do not read in the story is how Bathsheba responded to the King when he pursued her in adultery.
We do not read that she protested at all.
We can assume many things, like was she in fear because he was a powerful King?
Even though he was, we should be reading that she put up a fight and resisted at all costs the man’s advances on her. She belonged to Uriah and there should be an account of her honoring her husband in resisting evil even if it would result in her death. But we do not.
I am not trying to pass judgment on Bathsheba in any way that would somehow detract from David’s sins as he is 100 percent accountable for what he did.
I am telling you this to encourage you to fight for what is right at all costs.
The story goes on where we see that Bathsheba did mourn for her husband and then David took her in to be his wife and a child was born out of David’s sin.
David may have thought he was in the clear but God does not let any sin pass unjudged as we will see later.
2 Samuel 11:26-27 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
Love Daddy
Dear Elijah,
The Bible says that when you do not do as the Lord tells you to do then your sin will not go unnoticed. In Numbers 32:23 it says “But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.”
In David’s case God sent a prophet to call him out regarding his sin.
David’s reaction was actually correct in what his reaction was to Nathan’s story, when he said what the correct punishment was due for the sin committed by a selfish, self-centered rich man.
David did not realize that he was actually passing correct judgment on himself.
2 Samuel 12 1-7 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
Love Dad
Dear Zachariah,
The wages of sin is indeed death and yes God does forgive a repentant heart but the wise thing to do is to not do the sin in the first place.
Immediate self-satisfaction is not worth the death of one’s self but remember also that our sins also can kill others as it did the child that was born out of David’s sin.
If we truly love and fear the one true God that gave us our very lives then we would not sin. It is as simple as that.
Since God truly loves us He has given us a path where we can be truly forgiven of our sins and that is through the death of His Son Jesus.
If we repent He is faithful to forgive us and our life is then sparred for eternity.
Remember this though, sin in this life brings with it consequences.
Even if we are spared for eternity we will have bear the consequences of our sins while we are on earth.
2 Samuel 12:9-23 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
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