- 2 Samuel 11 Daily DEVO In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. 2 Samuel 11:1 – David found himself in the worst of trouble by not being where he should have been. Rather than being out with his men, fighting like other kings, he remained back in his palace; a very uncharacteristic thing for him to do. Be careful yourself to be where you are supposed to be at. What we can find is ourselves in the middle of a mistake we never meant to be in when we refuse to be where we need to be. If we’re being led to step out of a dating relationship but don’t, we can find ourselves making some very wrong choices. If we refuse to make it a habit to be in community with other Christians like God calls us to, we can find ourselves weak and easily tempted. So ask yourself, where does God want you right now? Are you staying back in the palace when you should be out at war? Be careful to not rationalize your reason for not moving when God has told you to move. Our common enemy loves to take advantage of a stagnant, isolated Christian. Find yourself where God wants you at. There the strength you need will be the strongest and the temptations the easiest to overcome. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 442
- And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, “I am pregnant.” 2 Samuel 11:5 – Sin always gives birth to something. Here King David chose to say yes to the temptation in front of him and quickly we see in the passage the true result of that choice. Sure, a small amount of the result that came out of this choice was then pleasure in the moment, but that came and went and now he was left with the long lasting results of his choice that aren’t as enjoyable. Every sin we say yes to gives birth to something in our story as well. What can come out of us saying yes like David did? Broken relationships, distrust, pain to others, feelings of worthlessness, shame, harm to ourselves, and even death. These are just a few things that come out of our yes to sin. Be wiser than the enemy is sneaky. You know he is going to always point your focus to the pleasure of the moment and try to hide from your focus the true results of saying yes to sin. It’s like a car salesman seeking to sell you a car, pointing out the shiny new tires yet never raising the hood to show you there isn’t even an engine. Be wise enough to check the hood before saying yes. For I truly believe if we all took a true glance under the hood, we truly looked and saw the trauma we’d cause to others and the pits of death we’d freely be walking into, our saying yes to sins wouldn’t be as often. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1870
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