Why, God?

#1 · July 26, 2004, 6:23 pm

Quote from Forum Archives on July 26, 2004, 6:23 pm
Posted by: Asn <Asn@...>

When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the LORD. 2 Samuel 11:26-27

David was chosen by God to be king over Israel. Along the way, he became famous for his military victories and legendary for his spiritual insights. He is also remembered for a major lapse in judgment. As king, everything in the realm was at David's disposal; as a man in pursuit of God's heart, however, another man's wife was clearly off limits. Yet it was the lure of the forbidden that ensnared David's heart. He lay with Bathsheba and she became pregnant. He then sought to cover his sin by bringing her husband in from the battlefield; however, Uriah refused to go home while his men were at war. Growing desperate, David had Uriah deliver a sealed note to the captain of the army instructing him to ensure Uriah's untimely demise on the battlefront. Uriah did in fact die, along with several other men in his company. The son that was birthed from David's affair also died.

God, although sovereign and mighty, did not prevent David from making these gross errors in judgment; nor did He deliver him from the consequences that followed. If I, for example, determine to fill my body with unhealthy foods, God will not set an angel with a flaming sword in front of my refrigerator. Nor will He condemn my scale to eternal damnation when it dares to reflect the consequence of my indulgence. He sends warnings when His children stray outside His boundaries, but He rarely chooses to override a person's free will. If you are standing in faith for someone and God has not yet intervened, the impeding factor might not be God's will, but rather their own.

Heavenly Father, I choose to trust you when I don't understand. You are altogether gracious and just, majestic and meek, divine and discerning, sovereign and giving. Truly there is no other God like You! I praise you for who you are! In Jesus' name. Amen.

Posted by: Asn <Asn@...>

When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the LORD. 2 Samuel 11:26-27

David was chosen by God to be king over Israel. Along the way, he became famous for his military victories and legendary for his spiritual insights. He is also remembered for a major lapse in judgment. As king, everything in the realm was at David's disposal; as a man in pursuit of God's heart, however, another man's wife was clearly off limits. Yet it was the lure of the forbidden that ensnared David's heart. He lay with Bathsheba and she became pregnant. He then sought to cover his sin by bringing her husband in from the battlefield; however, Uriah refused to go home while his men were at war. Growing desperate, David had Uriah deliver a sealed note to the captain of the army instructing him to ensure Uriah's untimely demise on the battlefront. Uriah did in fact die, along with several other men in his company. The son that was birthed from David's affair also died.

God, although sovereign and mighty, did not prevent David from making these gross errors in judgment; nor did He deliver him from the consequences that followed. If I, for example, determine to fill my body with unhealthy foods, God will not set an angel with a flaming sword in front of my refrigerator. Nor will He condemn my scale to eternal damnation when it dares to reflect the consequence of my indulgence. He sends warnings when His children stray outside His boundaries, but He rarely chooses to override a person's free will. If you are standing in faith for someone and God has not yet intervened, the impeding factor might not be God's will, but rather their own.

Heavenly Father, I choose to trust you when I don't understand. You are altogether gracious and just, majestic and meek, divine and discerning, sovereign and giving. Truly there is no other God like You! I praise you for who you are! In Jesus' name. Amen.