April 10

The Kingdom was in conflict. There were wars and battles seemingly all the time. So why do we expect peace? It was inner peace that Jesus promised, not smooth sailing.

David shouldn’t have committed adultery with Bathsheba. Do you know why? Because he should have been at war and not lounging around on his roof! It was the time to be at war and somehow David got convinced that he didn’t have to fight for Israel anymore. I once heard a preacher say that he was too busy to sin. Our lives should be so full of God and our service to Him that we just don’t have the time, opportunity or readiness to sin.

Finally my lesson is that sin is always exposed. It is exposed by God through His Word or His prophets or the consequences in our lives. We are surely forgiven and our slate is wiped clean forever because of the work of Christ on the cross, however that doesn’t mean that I sin in a vacuum. People have said that Christians feel like they can sin and then be forgiven so what is the big deal about sin. Sin IS still death. It brings death! We stand forgiven before the Lord – there is no doubt about that – but there is a big difference between consequence and forgiveness. The question is, do I want to fight another battle that I convened myself? Don’t I have enough battles to be fought without bringing more on myself?