I Shall Go To Him
David
said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” Nathan said to David, “Now
the LORD has put away your sin; you shall not die. Nevertheless, because by
this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child that is born to you shall
die.’ Then Nathan went to his house.
The
LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to
David, it became very ill. David therefore pleaded with God for the child;
David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground. The elders of his
house stood beside him, urging him to rise from the ground; but he would not,
nor did he eat food with them. On the seventh day the child died. And the
servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead; for they
said, “While the child was still alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen
to us; how then can we tell him the child is dead? He may do himself some
harm.” But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, he
perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, “Is the
child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”
Then
David rose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes.
He went into the house of the LORD, and worshiped; he then went to his own
house; and when he asked, they set food before him and he ate. Then his
servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and
wept for the child while it was alive; but when the child died, you rose and
ate food.” He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I
said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me, and the child may live.’ But
now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to
him, but he will not return to me.”
2 Samuel 12:13-23
When
our children are small there are times when we tell them, no. We have to teach
them that they can’t get their way all the time. Such it was with David. He had
sinned by having a child with Uriah’s wife. He even had Uriah killed. But the
child died of the unholy union.
God
forgave David, but there were consequences to the actions David took. David
admitted his guilt to Nathan. David was forgiven. The child died. Instead of
behaving like a demanding child and being angry with God, David got up, washed,
changed his clothes and ate.
In
times of difficulty or loss, we should seek God’s help and deliverance. But we
must still trust Him if He does not answer our prayers the way we want Him to.
In His will is our peace.
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