BBD 10.07.21 Boring (Classic)

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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

07 October 2021

Boring

It
happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle,
that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they
destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at
Jerusalem. 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. - 2 Samuel 11:1-4.

A
25-year-old woman in Germany became a little upset over the Saturday night
television viewing options. She was angered because of the slate of boring
programs and even more boring reruns. Her solution? Probably what we all ought
to do - she threw the television out of her fifth-floor apartment window. Veronika K. told
newspaper reporters, “There was
nothing decent on so I just threw the thing out the window.” Thankfully, no one was injured as a result of the falling television
set and Veronika later calmed down and watched another television with her
family.

Veronika’s
real problem is not with boring television programs and reruns. Her real
problem is that she is so bored she relies on what the entertainment industry
happens to provide to give her enjoyment in life. Boredom is a dangerous
condition as King David found out. David’s boredom was a result of his shirking
his responsibilities. How did he shirk his responsibilities? His army along
with his mighty men were out fighting battles during “the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle….” It was during this time that David grew bored and found some
adulterous entertainment with Bathsheba. David was in the wrong place at the
wrong time and apparently so was Bathsheba. Maybe they were both bored.
Bathsheba may have been bored because her husband was out fighting battles and
was exactly where he was supposed to be.

It has
been said that “idle hands are the
devil’s tools” and there is much truth in the saying.
Allowing yourself to become accustomed to the boring and non-productive
activities of the world is just asking for trouble. The world sees nothing
wrong with laying around all day every day and doing nothing. Unless you miss
work or cause someone else some inconvenience and then the world does care.

How can
we avoid the trap of boredom and unproductiveness? The Bible says, “Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh
(Galatians 5:16).” How do we “walk in the Spirit?” In Romans 6 we are told, “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey
it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of
unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the
dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God (Romans
6:12-13).” The key thought for avoidance of
boredom and for walking in the Spirit is presenting yourself or submitting
yourself to God. Instead of allowing sin to reign in your life give yourself to
God - walk in the Spirit. If we have given control of our lives to God and are
walking in the Spirit, we will not be bored.

There
are always choices in life, and we can choose to be bogged down in the worldly
choices for entertainment or we can step outside of the world’s boring box. We
can willfully submit ourselves to the will of God and in doing so we will find
that we have been given the cure for boredom. We will have life!

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops wherever they may be and help for
Americans and others who have been left behind and those who are fearing for
their lives there in that place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for those
affected by the hurricanes!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy
and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke;
Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins;
Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Larayne S. and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. Having back surgery in a few weeks. 03.18.18
I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Elk City,
Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to [email protected]

There is a complete devotional
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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

07 October 2021

Boring

It
happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle,
that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they
destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at
Jerusalem. 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. - 2 Samuel 11:1-4.

A
25-year-old woman in Germany became a little upset over the Saturday night
television viewing options. She was angered because of the slate of boring
programs and even more boring reruns. Her solution? Probably what we all ought
to do - she threw the television out of her fifth-floor apartment window. Veronika K. told
newspaper reporters, “There was
nothing decent on so I just threw the thing out the window.” Thankfully, no one was injured as a result of the falling television
set and Veronika later calmed down and watched another television with her
family.

Veronika’s
real problem is not with boring television programs and reruns. Her real
problem is that she is so bored she relies on what the entertainment industry
happens to provide to give her enjoyment in life. Boredom is a dangerous
condition as King David found out. David’s boredom was a result of his shirking
his responsibilities. How did he shirk his responsibilities? His army along
with his mighty men were out fighting battles during “the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle….” It was during this time that David grew bored and found some
adulterous entertainment with Bathsheba. David was in the wrong place at the
wrong time and apparently so was Bathsheba. Maybe they were both bored.
Bathsheba may have been bored because her husband was out fighting battles and
was exactly where he was supposed to be.

It has
been said that “idle hands are the
devil’s tools” and there is much truth in the saying.
Allowing yourself to become accustomed to the boring and non-productive
activities of the world is just asking for trouble. The world sees nothing
wrong with laying around all day every day and doing nothing. Unless you miss
work or cause someone else some inconvenience and then the world does care.

How can
we avoid the trap of boredom and unproductiveness? The Bible says, “Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh
(Galatians 5:16).” How do we “walk in the Spirit?” In Romans 6 we are told, “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey
it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of
unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the
dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God (Romans
6:12-13).” The key thought for avoidance of
boredom and for walking in the Spirit is presenting yourself or submitting
yourself to God. Instead of allowing sin to reign in your life give yourself to
God - walk in the Spirit. If we have given control of our lives to God and are
walking in the Spirit, we will not be bored.

There
are always choices in life, and we can choose to be bogged down in the worldly
choices for entertainment or we can step outside of the world’s boring box. We
can willfully submit ourselves to the will of God and in doing so we will find
that we have been given the cure for boredom. We will have life!

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops wherever they may be and help for
Americans and others who have been left behind and those who are fearing for
their lives there in that place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for those
affected by the hurricanes!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy
and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke;
Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins;
Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Larayne S. and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. Having back surgery in a few weeks. 03.18.18
I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Elk City,
Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to [email protected]

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by sending
a blank email to [email protected] and then respond to the
confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time
constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
blank email to [email protected] and you may unsubscribe by
sending a blank email to [email protected] and then respond
to the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

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