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Embracing Spiritual Accountability: Reflecting on David's Choices, Uriah's Integrity, and the Lessons of Divine Grace
Stephanie and Savannah are back from their summer break, and they're bringing the heat with some deeply insightful discussions! Who would have thought that the extreme summer weather could spark a conversation about the importance of staying spiritually hydrated? We promise you'll gain a fresh perspective on making decisions that align with biblical wisdom, all while keeping Psalms 139:23-24 in mind. Are you ready to reflect on your own path and choices, just as David had to confront his own failings?
Join us as we recount the story of King David, who found himself entangled in a moral disaster by simply staying back in Jerusalem. Despite being a man after God's own heart, his decision exposed him to temptation, leading to grave sins. We'll explore his infamous encounter with Bathsheba, examining the vulnerability that even the most devout people face when they let their guard down. This episode serves as a vivid reminder of the price of our choices and the impermanence of human virtue.
We'll also spotlight Uriah, a paragon of integrity who unwittingly became a casualty of David's deceit. Uriah's steadfastness and refusal to indulge in personal comforts while his comrades were at war stand in stark contrast to David's increasingly desperate actions. We explore David's profound repentance and God's paradoxical grace, which offers a powerful lesson in accountability and forgiveness. This episode isn’t just a retelling; it’s an invitation to look inward and consider the weight and direction of your own decisions. Tune in for a spiritually enriching conversation that challenges us all to reflect on the paths we choose.
Stephanie and Savannah are back from their summer break, and they're bringing the heat with some deeply insightful discussions! Who would have thought that the extreme summer weather could spark a conversation about the importance of staying spiritually hydrated? We promise you'll gain a fresh perspective on making decisions that align with biblical wisdom, all while keeping Psalms 139:23-24 in mind. Are you ready to reflect on your own path and choices, just as David had to confront his own failings?
Join us as we recount the story of King David, who found himself entangled in a moral disaster by simply staying back in Jerusalem. Despite being a man after God's own heart, his decision exposed him to temptation, leading to grave sins. We'll explore his infamous encounter with Bathsheba, examining the vulnerability that even the most devout people face when they let their guard down. This episode serves as a vivid reminder of the price of our choices and the impermanence of human virtue.
We'll also spotlight Uriah, a paragon of integrity who unwittingly became a casualty of David's deceit. Uriah's steadfastness and refusal to indulge in personal comforts while his comrades were at war stand in stark contrast to David's increasingly desperate actions. We explore David's profound repentance and God's paradoxical grace, which offers a powerful lesson in accountability and forgiveness. This episode isn’t just a retelling; it’s an invitation to look inward and consider the weight and direction of your own decisions. Tune in for a spiritually enriching conversation that challenges us all to reflect on the paths we choose.
new, new, new, everything new, new, new, new, new, new, everything new. I'm ready to go ready for more, I'm ready for new. Hello, hello, it is your girl, stephanie, and savannah, and you are now listening into. Inside beauty inspires, where we motivate, encourage and inspire through biblical principles. Listen, I have missed you guys so very much. I've missed you. I've missed being in the studio. I've been on vacation. So good to be back, savannah. How has your weekend been, man? I mean, we're just now getting back in this place. I know you have stories. I know things have been happening, exciting things.
Speaker 2:Yes, it's always good to be in this place. Life has been lifing, but we have to continue to go on.
Speaker 1:Absolutely, absolutely. That's the only way that we're going to continue to strive. I'm pretty sure everybody can say life has been lifing. I mean it's extremely hot outside. Oh my God. I mean stay cool, everybody. I mean South Carolina. Weather is something. This is the hottest it's ever been in a while Like I haven't experienced. This Yesterday was extreme. It was like 105 degrees.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:Stay hydrated, stay hydrated, drink your water, drink your water. Speaking of water, listen, missed you guys so very much Been having a great feedback on the show Savannah. My mom was like when you guys get back in the studio, when y'all get, I'm trying to hear a word. I'm trying to hear a word.
Speaker 2:I'm like mama, we're getting back in the studio soon and so, hey, mama just wanted you to know that we in here, okay, but I've gotten a lot of feedback on the shows like good feedback, just about Bible studies, about how we've been able to be transparent in our own lives and to reflect on what the word says about certain things that we're all dealing with. What's your take, then, on it? Yes, so, based on what we've been talking about with David, it definitely still is very prevalent during this time now what he had to go through, the challenges and the decisions that he had to make, and how decisions will affect us. The right and wrong decisions affect us, so I guess we're going to jump into it today.
Speaker 1:Amen, amen. I'm so glad that was a perfect lead way into what we're going to be talking about, because decisions matters. Decisions matters. People don't understand that there's life and death, blessings and curses. You truly get to choose what type of life you want to have, and and so most people be like well, stephanie, no, that's not a fair statement. When you get into the word of god, you see that there's nothing that can hold you back, not back the promises that god has. This word, word, will not return void, and he will show you through Scripture. Speaking of words of encouragement, let me just go ahead and jump into this. So I'm reading my devotional for today and it says conviction. How many of you know that conviction is a real thing? Right, it is, it's very real.
Speaker 1:For sure, absolutely. This is what the Scripture says Psalms 139, verses 23 through 24. Search me, o God, and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts and see if there be any grievous way in me and lead me in the way everlasting. We know that the word of God has the power to convict, reprove and correct us. We are told in the world's words of today's psalm that the invitation for God to search us is pognant to invalid. But when we read the word and receive that conviction or instruction, it's our tendency to receive it for someone else. Why do we do that? When we read the word, we have a tendency of trying to read it as if it's for somebody else and not for ourselves. You know, never really thought about that. To read it as if it's for somebody else and not for ourselves. You know, never really thought about that, but based off of how it's stated here, it says but when we read the word and receive that conviction or instruction, it is our tendency to receive it for someone else.
Speaker 1:Sin is blinding and in particular, we can be blind to the state of our own hearts. Unfortunately, this allows us to see the need for someone else to repent but fail to see our own need. If this is you, when you read the Bible or listen to a sermon, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you your own sins instead of being concerned with the sins of others. God's word exists to convict your heart, and it is your job to ensure that you alone are right before God. Pray, as David did, that God would search and know your heart and then be prepared to deal with the sin which he reveals with a repentant spirit. The prayer says Lord, it is so easy to see where someone else has messed up and to miss my own sin entirely. Please convict my heart so I can walk in righteousness before you. Conviction is real and it's such a true thing, a real thing. But like he says, you know it's the same. Sweep around your own front door before you're coming over here trying to sweep around mine, because at the end of the day, when it's all said and done, we all fall short in this category.
Speaker 1:Yes, we do, we all do. And who better to talk about this than David, right? I mean, david was a man after God's own heart. We all know that Every time it's mentioned in the Bible, it's always saying and God was with David and God was with David, but David had some down moments too, you know, savannah. He had some moments of opportunities and, based off of what we've been studying, I see where it's still going on today, this very thing that God told him not to do, or not to do as the children of Israel as a whole. Back when Moses was in the picture, he gave the instructions right. He gave the decrees, the regulations, and we don't always follow the rules and regulations right?
Speaker 2:No, no. Simply because and I feel like because we were born into a world of sin yes, absolutely so automatically. We're not going to always choose to do the right thing.
Speaker 1:That's a true statement. I mean it's the conditions you know. Think about it this way when we've been conditioned to look at things and look at life one way, and then you add the word to the equation you realize that the conditions of this world have been teaching us the wrong way the whole entire time, you know, and that God's ways are truly the best ways to the thing we call life. It's the antidote really.
Speaker 1:You know what I'm saying? It's the cure, it's the remedy. If we start to get into the word, we'll start to see how it goes hand in hand with our everyday life. That's what I'm noticing. Yes and it does. It does Absolutely. Well, let's jump into this word, because we're going to talk about this. We've been talking about David, you know. So, when I say David, what's the one thing that comes to your mind when you think about David?
Speaker 2:For me, because you heard all of the stories about David even as a child. What comes to me when I think about David is how he put the soldier in the front line to be killed because he wanted the man's wife. That's what you said.
Speaker 1:Well, that's what goes in your mind. I'm serious. I forgot about Goliath. I don't know about this giant. I'm going straight to Uriah.
Speaker 2:He had a man killed yeah, he had him killed and did it deliberately you know put him on the front line because he was so full of lust, lust of the eye he wanted this man's wife. So bad he did that he would commit the murder. Well, yeah, because he did it. You know he.
Speaker 1:He didn't physically do it with his own hand, but he plotted and planned yes, and to me, you know, based off of what you just said right there, it's like the story of like you think you're getting away with something. We're going to get into the story so that you guys can understand exactly what happened and what we're speaking of. Conviction is a real thing, and who better than David to speak from a place of conviction? Because he really did mess up, god really did see him and he was not pleased. But before we jump into that I do want to jump into. I want to go to Deuteronomy 17 real quick. And the reason why I've always like going back to Deuteronomy you don't have to go, I'll just go. So the only reason why I wanted to go to Deuteronomy is because I want to tell you guys this is what was written before we came to a first Samuel, second Samuel. Before we came to a Judges Joshua. Before we came to a judge it's Joshua. Before we came to an exodus Leviticus. All of these things were written. Okay, now God gave instructions. Instructions are important. You know, when I was on the way in Savannah, I said God, what's the most important message for the people? Instructions, the book of instructions. So in Deuteronomy 17, I'm just going to read Okay.
Speaker 1:So it says here, um verse two when you begin living in the towns the Lord, your God has given you, a man or a woman among you might do evil in the sight of the Lord, your God, and violate the covenant. For instance, they might serve other guys or worship the sun, moon and any of the stars the forces of heaven, which I have strictly forbidden. When you hear about it, investigate the matter thoroughly. If it is true that this testable thing has been done in Israel, then the man or woman who has committed such an evil act must be taken to the gates of the town and stoned to death, but never put a person to death on the testimony of one witness. There must always be two or three witnesses. Now the witness must throw the first stone and then all the people may join in. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you. It says suppose a case arises in a local court that is too hard for you to decide, for instance, whether someone is guilty of murder or only manslaughter, or a difficult lawsuit or a case involving different kinds of assault. Take such legal cases to the place the Lord, your God, will choose and present them to the Levitical priest or the judge on duty at that time, they will hear the case and declare the verdict. You must carry out the verdict they announced and the sentence they prescribed at the place. The Lord chooses. You must do exactly what they say. You must do exactly what they say.
Speaker 1:Now I'm wanting to go to 2nd and Robin 8, 17, just to kind of give you an idea on what the Lord was. Giving these rules and regulations down. He was passing these things down. Okay, you know, even in the sense, that when we think about it, that's exactly how he wanted things to be ran right. But that's not how things were. Even if you think about the court system here today, it's the same way. It's the same way, right. So they took everything out of the word of God. But people he says my people perish. For what?
Speaker 2:Lack of knowledge.
Speaker 1:Come on now they don't know. So in Deuteronomy 17, verse 14, it says guidelines for a king. You're about to enter the land the Lord, your God, has given you. When you take it over and settle there, you may think we should select the king or rule over us, like the other nations around us. If this happens, be sure to select the king, the man the Lord, your God, chooses. You must appoint a fellow Israelite. He may not be a foreigner. The king must not build up a large stable of horses for himself or send his people to Egypt to buy horses, for the Lord has told you, you must never return to Egypt. The king must not take many wives for himself, because they will turn his heart away from the Lord. He must not accumulate large amounts of wealth and silver and gold for himself.
Speaker 1:Now, it was 1717 for me, it was Deuteronomy. 1717 for me Because this is what David, this is where David messed up. This is where David messed up Because David saw another woman and was like hmm, let's see what that's about. Okay, so let's go to the book of 2 Samuel, chapter 11, and we're going to start there. We're going to start there, and so, savannah, I'm going to read in the commentary Is it from verses 1 to 5?
Speaker 2:In the commentary. The first one is just the first verse, and then it goes to the second, and then it's from the third to the fourth and from the fifth to the eighth.
Speaker 1:Okay, summary to the eighth. And then I want you to kind of summarize or, you know, go through the commentary of summarizing or showing or saying what it says there. It says okay, so verse one in the beginning in the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, david sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites. Now talk about verse 1, because here's where things. What was he supposed to be doing? He was supposed to be at war.
Speaker 2:Supposed to be at war and lusting over this man. Joab's wife Uriah.
Speaker 1:Uriah's wife. Excuse me, uriah's wife yes.
Speaker 2:Now, why are you going to do that, David? You stayed behind.
Speaker 1:On purpose, y'all go ahead on Plotting. We'll just say in the commentary I'm just Y'all. We want y'all to realize that these are the people that were in the Old Testament. Okay, this is. Jesus came from the line of David, okay go ahead.
Speaker 2:Okay, so the commentary says In the ancient worlds, kings had control over the records of their reigns so they could suppress their failures. But this is not the case with the biblical records of kings. These chapters are hereby inspirations of the Holy Spirit. They serve as a warning to us, reminding us that none of us is above sin. None of us.
Speaker 2:Not now sin none of us not now, even a man after god's own heart like david can fail to guard his own heart and rebel against god's will. These chapters also help us to understand the consequences of the king's sin sins. David, david's david, his families and the kingdoms would suffer much grief and rebellion as a result of his failure to fight off temptation. The problem began in the spring when kings marched out to war, joining his men in battle. David sent Joab and his army out, while he remained in Jerusalem for unnamed reasons. The author is making it clear after the first verse of the chapter that David should have been elsewhere fulfilling his responsibilities. It's often when we're not doing what we're ought to be doing that temptation chooses to pounce.
Speaker 1:Hello somebody. I don't know what this message is for, but you be looking to the light, caroline, lord Jesus, because temptation is something else yes, it is, it's real and it can come in many forms, absolutely Many forms. And you know, I feel like it was like the perfect plot, because, even though he probably wasn't looking to do this, you weren't where you're supposed to be, he didn't want to do it, but the enemy doesn't need but a little ounce. That's it A little door.
Speaker 2:A little small door A crack.
Speaker 1:That's it To come in.
Speaker 2:Absolutely, and he knows our weaknesses. Yes, he does and he knew David weakness.
Speaker 1:He already knew, he knew and I find it like it's like a test. It is a test. What are you going to do? When I put this before you and see, I feel like that's what God was doing, let me say, let me put this right here, let's see how you're going to respond. He already knew.
Speaker 2:He's going to allow it to see how far you're going to go, how you're going to, if you're going to pass the test.
Speaker 1:Well, see, that just lets us know right there, savannah, that, like Even in those decisions and even in us making the wrong decisions, like David, you know, it was put there to see, if you do you really, are you really the man that you say you are? Now we know, through all of this word, anytime, that we see David, and David was with God, and David had a heart for God. So, even in a sense, even those whose hearts are for God get tested too. Yes, just especially, and you fall short.
Speaker 1:You're going Just especially, and you fall short. You're going to fall short, we all fall short. It says here in verse 2. Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, david got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath. He sent someone to find out who she was and he was told she is Bathsheba, the daughter of Elam and the wife of Uriah the EIT. I'm gonna stop right there.
Speaker 2:Wait a second. So the commissary says David was on the roof of the palace one night when he saw a woman bathing, a very beautiful woman. David was at the height of his reign. He had been walking with God in victory as Israel's anointed king for 20 years, 20 years, 20 years. He was Israel's poet and singer, who wrote many psalms. But because it's always a but on that, on that evening this married man was kept captivated in all the wrong ways, by someone else's wife. This was not an immoral man. This was not a man who wanted to fall. This was a man who put himself in a vulnerable position and let down his guard. Because we often do that, all of us do yes, we do. The results would be costly.
Speaker 1:The results would be costly. So we don't never think about what we're doing before we do it right. And this is the women and men you know I'm saying you go, the lust of the eye, the pride of life, the, what is the? The lust of the eye, the, the, the pride of life, and there's something about the feelings or the taste, there's something I can't remember I can't remember verbatim yeah, but these are the same temptations that we have, too, today, right the same temptations that David had.
Speaker 1:What are you going to do in this case? Now, again, you just explained it. He saw her. She was out there bathing, went outside, he was in his house. He looked down. She was in the right place at the right time. We always say I'm in the right place at the right time, but this is what happened. This is what happened. So verse 4 says Then David sent messengers to get her. When she came to the palace, he slept with her. She had just completed the purification rites after having her menstrual period. Then she returned home. Later, when Bathsheba discovered that she was pregnant, she sent David a message saying I am pregnant. You know, when I thought about that, when I read that for the first time, I thought about Urshadiza, my confessions I did. I'm pregnant. What are you going to do? And that's going to be a confession, come on now. So what does it say in the commentary?
Speaker 2:do, and that's gonna be a confession, come on now. So what does it say in the commentary? So it says it didn't take long for david to find out that the woman was, by sheba, the wife of uriah the hilletite hilletite I'm not pronouncing that right one of david's value and loyal soldiers. But by now, nothing mattered to david except for fulfilling his lust. So he sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. Ultimately, we don't know how Bathsheba felt about this. I feel like she had a choice, because she was a married woman too.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah but then and it seems like, but it it doesn't.
Speaker 2:The word doesn't go into that many, into details, right, right, really saying how she felt, or, you know, was it easy for her to do, to just do that right?
Speaker 1:well, because he's the king, right, you know he's the king, and maybe she felt obligated to do it because he's the king right.
Speaker 2:You know he's the king and maybe she felt obligated to do it because he was the king right, because in those days you had to do what the king, what the king ordered, yeah, so maybe it was a situation like that like dang, I got to do this because yeah because of the status of who david?
Speaker 1:was, but it doesn't make reference to that, but then we see how the women were treated during that time, you know.
Speaker 2:Right, okay. So it goes on to say but we were given no reason to think that she was trying to seduce David. Don't seem like she was. It was him. She was just outside. Mind her business, baby. That's it. Yeah, that's it. So it says says he stayed behind while his troops were fighting battle. He, he strolled on his rooftop when he should have been sleeping. See, he had another man's wife brought to him. David was the king and his every order was to be obeyed, see, so it's like we said pretty much yeah.
Speaker 2:But Sheba was a defenseless woman. The blame lies squarely on David.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because she was defenseless. I mean, he's the king.
Speaker 2:Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1:So she had to do it. Yeah, you know, came the king, lord the king that came and got with you what the king want with me, what the king want, excuse me. So you say I got to go with you to the king. Wait, I was not ready. Okay, so verse 6. It says then David sent word to Joab, send me Uriah. Well, no, because you still got more right.
Speaker 2:So it starts here. The next it went from three to four. That part that I just wrote. The next part is going to be from five to eight.
Speaker 1:Okay, okay, so I will. So then. So verse six. So it says then David sent word to Joab send me Uriah the Hittite. So Joab sent him to David. Now, listen, y'all Okay. But Uriah didn't go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king's palace guard. Now, listen y'all Okay. Okay, because this is just. I just got to say it. David was trying to be clever, y'all yeah he was.
Speaker 2:David was trying to scheme. Yes, he was. He was scheming and scamming.
Speaker 1:Yes, he really was he felt like let me go and sing, let me get Uriah, let me give him a gift and let me send him home to relax. In other words, man, go on, take a load off. Your wife's there. You ain't seen her.
Speaker 2:You've been fighting Because Uriah was, he was devoted man, he was about his business, he was going to fight in this war and nothing else was going to get him his mind off of what was at hand at that time. Well, he respected the authority.
Speaker 1:Yes, he did he had so much respect for David, so for David, for David out of all people, to do this. He would have never thought David would have did.
Speaker 2:That's another level of betrayal.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it is because you're fighting in the war with me, you're fighting the war for me and I was supposed to do everything. I mean, both of them were at and that's probably why God was so angry at David. Like, why would you Come on, david? No, no, no, no, no. What does it say in the commentary?
Speaker 2:So it says. David may have thought that his one night stand could be quickly forgotten. If so, he was wrong. Not long after David received unexpected news from Bathsheba. Her message said I am pregnant. The king had made the mistake of his life, but instead of seeking to stop the damage by repentance, he made it infinitely worse by scheming. David brought Uriah back home from the battlefield and encouraged him to go home for a few days and enjoy time with his wife. Few days and enjoy time with his wife. David assumed that Uriah would take advantage of the opportunity to sleep with her, assumed the coming baby was his own and David would be off the hook. But was he Girl?
Speaker 1:that goes man, listen people, people listen listeners. This is a PSA, a public service. God saw you and God sees you.
Speaker 2:Okay, you can't get away with anything concerning your father Right and you can't cover up secret sins because you're going to always be exposed Every single time.
Speaker 1:And if it was like this in the word, what makes you think that it's not like this in today's society? And it is Absolutely.
Speaker 2:It is. People are so busy with life and everything that life has to offer that they don't sit back and think that everything is the same now that it was then, now that it was then, they don't Just a different time.
Speaker 1:Girl, don't get me started on Ecclesiastes.
Speaker 1:It's just the seasons right Different time. This is what Solomon said, that there's nothing new under the sun. And that's such a true statement. Even here, reading this, we know of relationships and situations and things that have happened. That's such a true statement. Even here reading this, we know of relationships and situations and things that have happened. That's been very similar to this where people try to cover it up. You know, but guess what? You can't cover it up. It's a secret sin. And guess who knows all the sins lurking in your heart? God does. Yes, ma'am, he does so. Here it says okay, so you were like.
Speaker 1:You said that Uriah was sent home, but verse 9 says but Uriah didn't go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king's palace guard. When David heard that Uriah had not gone home, he summoned him and asked what's the matter? Why didn't you go home last night after being away for so long? Uriah replied the ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents and Joab and my master's men are camping in the open fields. How could I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I would never do such a thing. Can we talk about devotion?
Speaker 2:Wow, he was devoted. He was devoted and he was an honorable man.
Speaker 1:Yes, he was was. He was like I can't even think about doing such things. Why? Why would I do that when?
Speaker 1:when we're at war yeah, my team is, we're trying to win a war yeah, I'm not gonna do they out here fighting for their life for the kingdom and I go home and and sleep with my wife I wonder how that made david feel when he said that you know, like I'm telling you, like this is my statement on the war and everything. This is how I look at the war To his officer and you're having, like you're, david, and I'm like, yeah, yeah no, it's important and I'd be done, told on myself. Yeah.
Speaker 2:If I had been David, I'd be like look, I can't even do this, no more.
Speaker 1:I can't take it.
Speaker 2:I slept with your wife.
Speaker 1:I slept with your wife. Please forgive me, but see when you think you're being slick and trying to cover things up, okay. But then he took it to another extreme. He took it to a whole other extreme.
Speaker 2:When that didn't happen the way that he planned for it to happen, for him to go home, sleep with Bathsheba and to say that baby is, because that's what he wanted.
Speaker 1:Girl, that's what was going to happen and we think we messed up. We think we messed up today.
Speaker 2:If Uriah had been a fool and on and went back in late with his wife, he would have thought that was his child.
Speaker 1:And he would have thought it honestly. He would have thought it honestly Because nobody's looking for. I mean, of course you got to think about If this Uriah's wife. He got a good wife, she's probably devoted to him and she probably would have never told him.
Speaker 2:Honey, I would have told my husband, me too, girl. I would have been like, let me just tell you what your kid did. Come here, let me tell you about your kid. He made me do it.
Speaker 1:Your kid did this to me. Let's keep going here. So verse 12. Well, stay here today. This is what David told him. I want to keep going because I want y'all to know David was something else. Well, stay here today, David told him, and tomorrow you may return to the army. So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next. Then David invited him to dinner, got him drunk, but even then he couldn't get Uriah to go home to his wife. Again, he slept at the palace entrance with the king's palace guard. What does the commentary say about all of this?
Speaker 2:Okay, so it says. No matter how hard David tried, even getting Uriah drunk, he couldn't get the fateful soldier to sleep with his wife. Uriah was too honorable to do that.
Speaker 1:Okay pause for a minute. Uriah was too honorable. Where are my honorable people at today? Very few, very far and few right, because Uriah was a special breed. Anybody else About time? I need a break and thank you, girl, get on over here.
Speaker 2:I'm just saying yeah, sure would have. He knew his fellow troops were away from their own wives fighting the nation's battle. The contrast between David's underhanded plotting and Uriah's open integrity could not be greater. Okay, the next part starts with 14 through 15.
Speaker 1:Okay, so here we go. So the next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah. To deliver the letter, instructed Joab, station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest.
Speaker 2:Pause for the cause. Now why David done gave Uriah the letter in his hand to give to Joab.
Speaker 1:He did. I didn't know if you had called it.
Speaker 2:For his own demise. Now you don't put this letter in this man's hand, david just when I thought that we were like this, David.
Speaker 1:I mean, you know what I'm talking about. This the part of you that I really cannot identify with, Because I'm just saying.
Speaker 2:But even still and I'm thinking a little further ahead David was a man of God's own heart. Okay, he knew the word, he wrote many psalms, yet he was full of sin. He committed murder. And he had a baby out of wedlock and he had a baby out of wedlock. Okay, he did all of these things, committed all of these sins. Yes, Yet Come on now, talk about it, god still had grace and mercy over him Absolutely, because he's faithful to the just and the unjust.
Speaker 1:Yes, he is. But I'm going to tell you the reason why. And we are going a little further, and it's okay because, guys, I do want us to get to chapter 12. But you know, you're absolutely correct. But there's something that David did. David repented, david was remorseful, david was sorry David, you know, we're speeding up just a little bit, but he really was, you know. But here's the kicker we got to talk about how he was told about what he did. So I'm going to read this and then we're going to go to Chapter 12 so we can get it. So it says here the letter instructed Joab stationed. And again, and wait, pause the flag on the flag. Instructed Joab stationed. And again, and wait, pause the flag on the flag. I just want to just say, you know, that's the part for me too, savannah. When I read that part, I said, wait, say that again.
Speaker 2:How dirty could you be?
Speaker 1:And this is 2 Samuel, chapter 11, verse 14, to be exact. So the next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah to deliver. The letter instructed Joab station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest, then pull back so that he will be killed. End quotation marks. So Joab assigned Uriah to a spot close to the city wall where he knew the enemy's strongest men were fighting. And when the enemy soldiers came out of the city to fight, uriah was killed along with several other Israelite soldiers.
Speaker 1:Then Joab sent a battle report to David. He told his messenger report all the news of the battle to the king. But he might get angry and ask why did the troops go so close to the city? Didn't they know there would be shooting from the walls? Wasn't Abalek, son of Gideon, killed at Thezabath by a woman who threw a milestone down on him from the wall? Why would you get so close to the wall? Then tell him Uriah, the Hittite was killed too. So the messenger went to Jerusalem and gave a complete report to David. Why would you get so close to the wall? Then tell him Uriah, the Hittite was killed too. So the messenger went to Jerusalem and gave a complete report to David.
Speaker 1:The enemy came out against us in the open fields, he said. And as we chased them back to the city gate, the archers on the wall shot arrows at us. Some of the king's men were killed, including Uriah. Well, tell Joab not to be discouraged. David said Listen to what David said y'all. Well, tell Joab not to be discouraged. The sword devours this one today and that one tomorrow. Fight harder next time and conquer the city. When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. When the period of mourning was over, david sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she became one of his wives. Then she gave birth to a son. The Lord was displeased with what David had done. The Lord was displeased with what David had done, absolutely.
Speaker 2:I mean Absolutely, and there was a price to pay.
Speaker 1:There was a price to pay, man. Come on, let's talk about it. Let's go over here to chapter 12. Now again, we've said a lot to say that David didn't have a clue. David knew what he was doing, but I don't believe he knew what was going to come out of what he did. Being that we're in 1 Kings now you know, being that we're in second, being that we're in first Kings, now you know what David did. It wasn't a good look and it was against the instructions of the book of instructions, right? So I'm going to read here, so verse one. It says so.
Speaker 1:The Lord sent Nathan, the prophet, to tell David this story. Y'all listen at the story that Nathan told. There were two men in a certain town, one was rich and one was poor. The rich man owned a great many sheep and cattle. The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that lamb, that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man's own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.
Speaker 1:One day, a guest arrived at the home of the rich man, but instead of killing an animal from his own flock or herd. He took the poor man's lamb and killed it and prepared it for his guests. David was furious. David was furious, as surely as the Lord lives, he vowed. Any man who would do such a thing deserves to die. He must repay for now, don't miss this part. He must repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole.
Speaker 1:And, having no pity, then Nathan said to David you are that man. The Lord, the God of Israel, says I anointed you king of Israel, saved you from the power of Saul, I gave you your master's house and his wives and kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and if had that not been enough, I would have given you much more. Why, then, have you despised the word of the Lord and done this horrible deed? Savannah, I stopped right here, at verse 9. Well, for you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Amontes and stolen his wife. I want you to. Well, let me just say 10. From this time on, your family will live by the sword, because you have despised me by taking your righteous wife to be your own. Talk about it. Talk about it in the commentary, because here's the thing Number one. When I first saw this story, I was like I'm reading the story, y'all Just reading it regularly, you know. Okay, here's the story. Wait, what Flag on the play? I was not ready for this plot twist and see.
Speaker 2:David was so busy trying to plot and cover up that he forgot that we serve a omnipresent God. Come on, he's all hearing and he's all seeing. So what you thought you was doing in secret, god already knew. So it was going to be a price to pay for it. Well, he knew what he was going to do.
Speaker 1:Like you said, he knew, god already knew so it was going to be a price to pay for it. Well, he knew what he was going to do. Like you said, he knew.
Speaker 2:He already knew he was just letting him go on and hang himself.
Speaker 1:It had to happen right For the promises to be fulfilled for real.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:And again, david had no clue that he was talking about him like wait, what another part of this went completely over his head it did and said you're gonna have to play four lamps. Now get fast forward and going into the next chapter I mean going into the, you know, on into this book. We see what's read the commentary. Tell them what happened between 1 and 10.
Speaker 2:Okay. So the commentary says the Lord sent Nathan the prophet, to confront David, but instead of simply laying out David's sin and calling for a confession, nathan, let David hang himself. Come on now Pause.
Speaker 1:Won't God do it? He'll do it every time. Why? Because you think that you thought you was slick, you thought you got away with it, and God has a way. It might not happen when you want it, but it's going to come on, come on, come on with it.
Speaker 2:He told us a story of injustice A rich man had taken advantage of a poor man.
Speaker 1:Is that not the American thing? All the time Is that not what goes on in this world. Okay, go ahead. I'm sorry.
Speaker 2:Collis Lee, depriving him of his precious lamb. Though the rich man had flocks beyond measures, he slaughtered the poor man's lamb and fed it to his guests. The crime was so obvious and cruel that David jumped to the defense of the injured party. He was infuriated and said as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die. Because he was done this thing and shown no pity. He must pay for four lambs for that one lamb.
Speaker 2:Sadly, though, david had no idea that the tale was a parable of his own actions. The rich man represented David, the poor man represented Uriah, and the lamb represented Bathsheba. David's sin had blinded him. In condemning the rich man, and he condemned himself. Nathan's reply was quick you are the man. The prophet then recounted how God had blessed David and how David had sinned against God. The Lord had given David everything, including all that he had been Saul's, which included Saul's wife, who would become servants of the king and his kingdom, because there is no indication that David married them. David had repaid the Lord with wickedness. Then Nathan pronounced God's judgment. David had repaid the Lord with wickedness. Then Nathan pronounced God's judgment the sword would never leave your house. From that day forward, david's family would be plagued by rape, murder and rebellion.
Speaker 2:Part of David's humiliation would include having his wives taken from him and given to another, while later learned it was his Absalom, absalom. Absalom, who would sleep with them in broad daylight?
Speaker 1:Now listen, this actually happened. Y'all man, listen. First of all, he spoke it out of his mouth, ok, and he did not. I don't believe they understood exactly what he was saying. I don't, he didn't know. I don't believe they understood exactly what he was saying. I don't, he didn't know, he didn't know.
Speaker 1:Based off of here, so I'm going to read what's written in the Word. It says Then David confessed to Nathan I have sinned against the Lord. I have sinned against the Lord. Number one confession is amazing. It's a must. Right, you got to confess? Nathan replied yes. Right, you got to confess. Nathan replied yes, but the Lord has forgiven you and you won't die for the sin. Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the word of the Lord by doing this, your child will die.
Speaker 1:After Nathan returned to his home, the Lord sent a deadly disease, a deadly illness, to the child of David and Uriah's wife. David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground. The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused. Then, on the seventh day, the child died. David's advisors were afraid to tell him he wouldn't listen to no reason why the child was ill. They said what drastic thing will he do when we tell him the child is dead? When David saw them whispering, he realized what had happened. Is the child dead? He asked yes, they replied he is dead.
Speaker 1:Then David got up from the round, washed himself and put on lotion, changed his clothes. He went to the tabernacle and worshiped the Lord. After that he returned to the palace and was served food and ate. His advisors were amazed we don't understand you. They told him. While the child was still living, you wept and refused to eat. But now that the child is dead, you have stopped your mourning and are eating again. David replied I fasted and wept while the child was alive. For I said perhaps the Lord will be gracious to me and let the child live. But why should I fast when he is dead? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him one day, but he cannot return to me.
Speaker 1:Then David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. The Lord loved the child and sent word through Nathan the prophet, that they should name him Jediah, which means beloved by the Lord, as the Lord had commanded. Now I want to stop right there because one thing and I think that I went ahead before I, yeah, I did right here where you were speaking about it, I think I stopped at verse 10. I did because verse 11 says now, this is the part, too, that I wanted to kind of go back to, and the reason why I wanted to go back to it because we see that this happens in the next chapter.
Speaker 1:The next verse is over. It says here in verse 11, this is what the Lord says because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I'll give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view. You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly, in the sight of all of Israel. Don't play with God. Stop playing with him man, because, listen, he see all and he knows all.
Speaker 1:This very thing came to pass, and with his sons, all four of his sons, not Solomon, and I thought that this was such an interesting thing as well too. Because not Solomon. And I thought that this was such an interesting thing as well too, because, now that we're in the book of 2 Samuel, not 2 Samuel 1 Kings. We see throughout Samuel, the book of Samuel. We see David's reign, but we also see the household was divided because of this one thing you messed up and you sinned, and the sin caused war and enmity between your sons and you. We don't realize that the decisions that we make today affect our children.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:We don't realize that it affects our whole entire household but it causes war between one another. See, this right here was something that caused. You know it was interruption, Because even in Moses thou shalt not commit adultery. Even in the beginning Genesis I believe it's chapter 2, you know he speaks about. You know, a woman clings to her husband and they become one. It never talked about multiple wives, it never talked about more than one. And in what? David's lineage? You learn that this is something that was generational, and I even say it this far, and I don't think people think about it like this, but I do. We know men, we know women, but we know people that have that type of past and because it's inside of them, Somebody in their family passed it on to them. A lot of people don't believe that they'd say, well, you just do whatever you want to do. I believe that it truly is generational. What about you?
Speaker 1:it sounds like it it is um, it is, it's passed down it's passed down because, you know, if we continue to go on, we do see that these were this, this is this one sin caused his sons to fight among him, to come against him, even, you know, reading more of how his last son died. He didn't want that for his son. He didn't, but it was going to happen either way and it happened just like the Lord said it would.
Speaker 1:So, again, god didn't come up with this and was like this is what I think I want to do. No, this was written and listen, I say all that to say that Solomon came up out of it. He was the next king. Solomon was the next king in chapter first Kings. And what we do see is that out of David's lineage came one of the wisest men, but not just the wisest man the Messiah. The Messiah came from his lineage. You know. You know, when I think about Solomon, because I do want to talk about Solomon, we'll get into Solomon next week but I wanted to get through 2 Samuel so that, you know, we could talk about the reign of David and you know all of the things that David did.
Speaker 1:But this one thing caused, you know, friction in the family. That didn't mean God left him alone, though. God didn't let him walk by himself. He still continued to walk with the Lord, he could still continue to cry out to God and God still continued to answer his prayers. He just messed up. Now this is to let you guys know in life you're going to have ups and downs, trials and tribulations. Savannah, I know you can speak to this truthfully, based off of the things that you've been doing in your own life, but you see how God always turns those things around for your good.
Speaker 2:Yes, always. Always, In spite of a bad situation that we sometimes bring upon ourself, either from disobedient or just plain out sin and or don't know, or just don't know. You know when it's supposed to be. God is going to allow it to happen, absolutely.
Speaker 1:And ain't nothing that nobody can do.
Speaker 2:Right, it has to happen. Yeah, you know, I think about.
Speaker 1:I think I think about your case, the situation, of course, that I know that's not even a problem. I know that's the last thing. People get to know you, I know you, I know your heart, so you would never want to do anything to that magnitude to anybody, right?
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:Those were not your intentions at all. You know, in your defense you were trying to defend yourself. A bad situation turns into an ugly situation.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:But growth came out of the situation, supposedly on both ends.
Speaker 2:Should be.
Speaker 1:Should be.
Speaker 1:And I say should be, because I know, on your end, you had to learn how to navigate life based off of this one bad decision, when you weren't making all these great decisions in your life. You placed boundaries. You had to learn how to navigate life based off of this one bad decision, when you weren't making all these great decisions in your life. You placed boundaries, you had walls up, you weren't open. You were in your word. You know, and these are some of the things that people don't know about Savannah Grant they just think, you know, based off of this picture and I just I'm sorry they painted this narrative. They painted, you know, the picture that was painted was for you to be a monster, and that is not who Savannah Grant is at all. You know, once you guys get to know her, you'll see that this is one of the most meekest, sweetest, kindest people that you'll ever come in contact with. Even the guy at the time said that you was one of the best girlfriends he had ever had. What's his face?
Speaker 1:Anton yeah, anton yeah, anton yeah yeah yeah, but that was your character, you know. That's just who you've been at heart.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:So you know, Even in that, david was still with God. His heart posture was still with God, even though he made this decision. So it goes to show how our Father looks at us, right? He doesn't look at us the way the world looks at us. He doesn't just throw us away. He doesn't just say you know what you did this and that's it and that's all. No, we learn from everything we did. David learned from that mistake. From then on out, he made sure he included God in everything. He didn't want to move without him.
Speaker 2:And I'm pretty sure from that point, if a prophet came to you and said anything, you was like OK, let me take heed. Right, because that had been my situation and I tell people all the time, and I'm very open and honest about it because, in spite of the decisions that I was making, god was always sending somebody to warn me and I chose not to listen, not really seeing it for what it was at that moment, in that time, but the warning still came. He sent pastors. I had dreams, so the warnings was there. We just don't pay attention to them.
Speaker 1:Right. Well, we don't really know how to decipher. You know what I'm saying and most times people, because they don't know they're really, I tell people this Savannah and I really do believe it.
Speaker 1:I believe that when a prophet comes on the scene, that prophet is sent from God to give you directions on which way to go in life, and you can either take heed to the prophet or the prophetess or you don't have to take heed to it and in some cases, even when we don't take heed because, again, david was told the whole story to keep him from knowing exactly who he was talking about until he said you are that man? Oh, my God, it's me you're talking about. Yeah, it's you, this is what you did, you know. So it's like anytime. And then they're going to give you insight on their side, based off of what God is showing them, right, but they come into your life to gift you from where you are to where you ultimately want to be Are supposed to be, amen.
Speaker 2:And it's going through those tests and trials that you have to go through to get, like you said, to where God wants you to be. You have to go through it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because even if you think about Bathsheba and think about the role that she played, she was Solomon's dad. I mean Solomon's mom. She was Solomon's mom. So David is Solomon's dad. David was a king anointed by God. He wasn't like what's his face, saul? They appointed this man that looks good tall, that his parents got him where he needed.
Speaker 1:No this was God's chosen, god's elect, and it also tells you too if God's hand is on it, then ain't nothing that you can do to take his hands off. He picks and choose who he wants to do and show up for in those magnitudes. But I just want to tell you, people, listeners out here, anytime a prophet is or a prophet comes into your life, take heed. Talk to God about you know inquiry of the Lord, because Jeremiah 33, verse 3, says Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you unsearchable things that you do not know. Talk to God about everything.
Speaker 1:That's one thing that I loved about David, and before all of this happened, with this lust thing coming out, he talked to God about every aspect of it. Now, could he have been getting a big head a little bit? Could he have been feeling this love a little bit? I'm going to say, obviously, why? Because he stayed around, he stayed back at home when he could have went to war with everybody else, but he had that leisure he wanted to do, and that's another thing we can't do, whatever it is we want to do, because we're going to pay for it.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:There's do.
Speaker 2:Whether it's in a positive manner or a negative manner, there's always a price to pay for our decisions.
Speaker 1:Right and see, for David it was his four sons. And how embarrassing is that for your sons to take your concubines Yours.
Speaker 2:Your own sons.
Speaker 1:How messed up is that? How messed up is that Talk about family disorder?
Speaker 2:Because he had to pay for what he did to Uriah yes. And look how many years it took. Look how long it took. He still had, even after going to God and asking for forgiveness.
Speaker 1:He still had the time to pay the piper. You got to pay for it. You had to pay for it. You had to pay for forgiveness. You still had the time to pay the piper.
Speaker 2:You got to pay for it. You had to pay for it. You had to pay for it. You don't think I asked God to forgive me after I did this thing, absolutely Probably more than one time, repeatedly, every day and still do.
Speaker 1:But guess what? Yes.
Speaker 2:I had to pay for my actions, amen, and I took responsibility for them.
Speaker 1:And you know I'm going to say this too. You know you were honest the whole time. You never fabricated anything. You never lied like some people did you know, and those people know who they are. They know who they are, but you have to be. You'll be convicted as well. You'll have to deal with that because, listen, what the light does is expose darkness. Every time, every single time, just like David scheme Scheming and scamming.
Speaker 1:We can look at David. He thought he did it in the dark. He thought he did it behind closed doors. Well, he did do it behind closed doors, but what did God send a prophet to tell him? Let him know off top. He did not wait, okay. And God is doing the same thing today. See, the thing about it is he's the same God that he was then, that he is now, that's right.
Speaker 1:If we don't listen to nothing, if y'all don't listen to nothing, I say get into your word, because that's where it's at. We wouldn't be as knowledgeable as we are if we the word of God Understand. You know the name of the church is Light of God for a reason. The reason why it's Light of God is because we carry a light that only God can put in Right, only God can ignite. Savannah carries a light that only God can ignite. Can't nobody take that light? Because you messing with God. When you messing with her, you messing with you know it's like touch not my anointing, my prophet's no harm. That's a real thing, you know, because when you do again, there's consequences to every aspect of it. Listen, these are my words, listen. I can go on and on and on about this word, but you know what I'm saying. I want to leave you guys with this word. Savannah's going to leave you guys with this word about angels, because one thing that I can honestly say you know, in tying this all in together, there were angels there.
Speaker 1:To me that's what prophets and prophetess are.
Speaker 2:Yes, they're messengers of God and they come in many forms and they come in many forms.
Speaker 2:Talk about it. Okay, I know he will send his angels before you. That's Genesis 24 and 7. Though most of us don't see the spiritual realm with our natural eyes, it is there. It's interesting to think what life would be like if we could see our angels clearly and continuously, without any hindrances. Seeing their care and protection would help dispel our fears. Would help dispel our fears. Witnessing how they lead us and draw us, draw our attention to various situations, people and items would increase our confidence. But this is the life of faith. This is the mystery of believing what we know to be true but cannot always see. God could have kept our angels a secret, only revealing them in heaven, but he wanted us to know they're with us. When we accept what the scriptures say about our angels, we can engage our faith and connect our prayers. With heaven's help. We don't worship these messengers. We certainly should be grateful for them.
Speaker 1:Amen, amen, amen. We should be grateful for them, and I also want to leave you guys with. Thank you so much, savannah, for reading that devotional this morning, this evening, this afternoon, whenever you guys are listening to this message. Okay, but I want to leave you guys with this I am worthy of the very best in life and I now lovingly allow myself to accept it. I want you guys to understand that that is your life too. Say it to yourself, say it in the mirror I am worthy of the very best in life and I now lovingly allow myself to accept it. God has so much more in store for you. Be in expectancy. I love you guys. Have an amazing day on purpose, peace.