It displeased the Lord...!

II Samuel 11:2-5, 14-15, 17, 26-27 NKJV

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.” In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.” Then the men of the city came out and fought with Joab. And some of the people of the servants of David fell; and Uriah the Hittite died also. When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord .

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Shalom! Day #154. Do you know that there are things which we do that's not pleasing unto the Lord? Let's pray. Father forgive us for many time we have hurt Your feelings by doing things that's not pleasing in Your sight. We need Your grace and mercy to forgive us and give us a chance to repent and change. Thank You Lord. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!
Many at times do things that's not pleasing unto the Lord. We know that it is wrong, we know that it is a sin, yet, we do it. Even sometimes we neglect the voice of the Holy Spirit reminding us not to do so. We think "it's ok" God will not be mad at us just for this little wrong thing. But we don't know that everytime we do something wrong, it really hurts the heart of God. In today's verse, we are going to look at David. Yes, he was a man after God's own heart, yet he was only a man, a human with all his imperfections. Yet, still it's not a reason for him to sin. David knew very well that his actions were wrong and that he is sinning against the Lord. David, he gave in to his fleshy desires. David was peeping at a beautiful woman, Bathsheba, from the roof and he was attracted to her beauty and tempted to commit sin. He slept with another man's wife and impregnated her. Soon when Bathsheba realized that she was pregnant, she came to David and David came up with a plan. He tried to get Uriah, Bathsheba's husband to go home and to sleep with his wife and so on, but Uriah was loyal to David. Then David,  told Joab, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.” He hs committed a sin, now to cover up that sin, he did another sin, murder. Then later her took Bathsheba as his wife.

It is written in this verse that, "But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord." A sin to cover up another sin. God wasn't satisfied with what David has done. Are we in the same boat as David? No I don't mean what we are coveting another person husband or wife, but are we doing things which displeased God? We need to be serious and careful with our every actions, words and attitude. Every little thing we do, watching pornography, telling lies, coveting another person's spouse, stealing, murder, bribing, everything we do,  we are hurting God's heart and His feelings. Do not misuse your authority as a servants of God to get anything you want. David misused his authority as a king to cover-up his sin, murder, and covet another man's wife. If today's sharing is stirring you heart and spirit to repent, let us repent.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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