Accepting Responsibility (8 of 14)
Series: 2 Samuel
Robert Dawson
2 Samuel 12 and Psalm 51
I read the story about a mother who was keeping an eye on her young son through the kitchen window as he played in the backyard at the edge of the woods while she was preparing supper. Every few minutes she would take a quick look to make sure he was okay. The little guy was having the time of his life running around, pretending he was part of all kinds of grand adventures and picking up rocks and sticks and throwing them into the woods. He didn’t have a care in the world and didn’t hardly notice the world around him.
As mom peeked out the window to check on her little man, she noticed trouble brewing. He was squatted down at the edge of the yard and a family of skunks waddled out of the woods around him. He was ecstatic! They were so cute! Mom knew that all sorts of unpleasantness was about to be unleashed on her unsuspecting son so shouted out of the window, “Run! Run Son!” The little guy jumped up as quickly as he could, grabbed the closest skunk and ran off. (Jerry Vines)
Running doesn’t help if you take the problem with you! That’s what David did. David had sinned greatly. He saw his neighbor’s wife, Bathsheba, and wanted her. Covetousness. He sent for her and took her. Theft. He slept with her. Adultery. In an effort to conceal his adultery, he had her husband killed in battle and tried to hide what he had done. Murder. Lies.
Rather than deal with the problem as he should have, he ignored it and tried to conceal it. He took the skunk (his sin) with him and held onto it for close to year. He found that…
No matter how hard he tried, he could not escape what he had done.
No matter how hard he tried, he could not ignore it.
It was taking a toll on David. Hiding sin is hard work! It’s stressful! Harboring sin is painful damaging! Psalm 32.3-4 gives us an idea of what David was going through, what he was feeling and what he was thinking during “Oper ...
Series: 2 Samuel
Robert Dawson
2 Samuel 12 and Psalm 51
I read the story about a mother who was keeping an eye on her young son through the kitchen window as he played in the backyard at the edge of the woods while she was preparing supper. Every few minutes she would take a quick look to make sure he was okay. The little guy was having the time of his life running around, pretending he was part of all kinds of grand adventures and picking up rocks and sticks and throwing them into the woods. He didn’t have a care in the world and didn’t hardly notice the world around him.
As mom peeked out the window to check on her little man, she noticed trouble brewing. He was squatted down at the edge of the yard and a family of skunks waddled out of the woods around him. He was ecstatic! They were so cute! Mom knew that all sorts of unpleasantness was about to be unleashed on her unsuspecting son so shouted out of the window, “Run! Run Son!” The little guy jumped up as quickly as he could, grabbed the closest skunk and ran off. (Jerry Vines)
Running doesn’t help if you take the problem with you! That’s what David did. David had sinned greatly. He saw his neighbor’s wife, Bathsheba, and wanted her. Covetousness. He sent for her and took her. Theft. He slept with her. Adultery. In an effort to conceal his adultery, he had her husband killed in battle and tried to hide what he had done. Murder. Lies.
Rather than deal with the problem as he should have, he ignored it and tried to conceal it. He took the skunk (his sin) with him and held onto it for close to year. He found that…
No matter how hard he tried, he could not escape what he had done.
No matter how hard he tried, he could not ignore it.
It was taking a toll on David. Hiding sin is hard work! It’s stressful! Harboring sin is painful damaging! Psalm 32.3-4 gives us an idea of what David was going through, what he was feeling and what he was thinking during “Oper ...
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