Read 2 Samuel 12.
David probably thought the incidents that took place were
over and he could now relax. But he
failed to deal with the sins in his life.
So, God sent His messenger, Nathan, to confront the king and deliver a
powerfully effective message.
Nathan used a story method to capture David's full
attention. As a former shepherd, David's
emotions quickly raised to anger in order to right this terrible wrong. He announced that such a man deserves to die
"because he had no pity." It
was at that point that Nathan confronted the king with four words, "You
are the man!"
The message reviewed how good God had been to David. "And if this were too little, I would
add to you as much more." Then, the
sins were specifically named aloud. It
is clear from verse 10 that the sins were not only against Bathsheba, Uriah,
and others, but they were against God Himself; "you have despised
me." What David tried to hide, God
exposed openly. The purpose of doing
this was to lead David to repentance.
The cost was severe.
There would be war (v.10), immorality in his household (v.11), and the
death of the child (v.14). David did
repent of his sins and he fully returned to worship God. Psalm 51 was one of the outcomes of this
confrontation.
Here are some excerpts from David's prayer of repentance in
Psalm 51.
"Have mercy on me...wash me...create in me a clean
heart and renew a right spirit within me...then will I teach transgressors your
ways...then will you delight in right sacrifices..."
God loves us too much to allow us to continue with
unconfessed sin.
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to
forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
(1 John 1:9)
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