Saturday, October 28, 2017

Our Sins and what we do with them challenge us to greater intimacy with God. 2 Samuel 24

God's anger was kindled against Israel...
Not really hard to believe. It seems harder to believe that God would weave their intentions and warfare into His goodness and relationship with Him. Pride comes before a fall and the children of Israel walked in stumbling obedience to God and I am glad that He is teaching us through their relationship with Him
David had just come from great victory in prayer and praise and there he is numbering the people. It somehow reminds me of how my mother spoke to us, You want to number something, I will give you something to count. The retribution was a sad and sordid number to count. A choice of how much of what sort to be retaliated and then to have to know the number of recipients of the horrible scourge.
God's amazing condesencion to our low estate. To be entreated in prayer of confession and repentance and anger was an amazing relationship that David had with God. With Saul, it was all about how he looked. "Don't let them think God has departed from me" he entreated Samuel. His relationship was not with God, it was with Samuel, who knew God. David said, "I did a foolish thing, Lord" He had learned in aging not to cover his sins, but to come clean and plead for the mercy of God! None of us have a leg to stand on, before God's anger and righteousness. Still, David shows us growth and love of God in our infirmities, even those infirmities that we bring upon ourselves. How much more God is willing to be entreated and appealed to, than we are to come to Him with our messes.
Lord of Holiness and Mercy, teach me to love You with greater fidelity and hope in Your mercies, Amen. For Jesus' Sake

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