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Tuesday, October 07, 2003 David & BathshebaGot back from Vienna just in time to catch this week's BSF lecture, which was on last 14 ch's of 2 Samuel.Grant summarised them as: 2Sam11-12 David's sin 2Sam13-20 David's sons' sin 2Sam21-24 Israel's future and reminded us of the one-word summary of the whole of this year's BSF study of Israel and the Minor Prophets - "turn". I am keen to hear any thoughts on how this all relates to God's will for individuals. When David stayed home in Jerusalem rather than going out to battle, was he acting in God's will or not (2Sam11 "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")? Here's the situation. The law says clearly "thou shalt not kill". David in staying home presumably was avoiding a situation (war) where he would be obliged to kill. But in that era (as it tells us in the passage) kings were expected to go out to battle at that time of year. Assuming God was with the Israelites as they fought their enemies (as it appears), was God expecting David to do his kingly duty? By staying home, David had idle time and this enabled the situation where David could sin with Bathsheba, wife of one of David's soldiers who was away at battle. I don't suppose any of us could know for sure the answer to my question (did David act in God's will in staying home from battle?). But some interesting applications to ponder. Two for me; whatever "rules" I think I understand from scripture, or others try to enforce, I need to seek God's will for me in every situation and then to obey it. And secondly to not leave God outside of my leisure activities (David's idle time created the circumstances)! Guess another lesson is that David was driven by the situation he found himself in and his own (selfish) inclination. So, for us always to be guided by God (His will) and not to let circumstances dictate how we act. # posted by geoff @ 5:04 pm 0 comments
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