Monday, July 29, 2013

David, David

26 Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel. 27 Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply. 28 Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will take the city, and it will be named after me.”
29 So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it. 30 David took the crown from their king’s[d] head, and it was placed on his own head. It weighed a talent[e] of gold, and it was set with precious stones. David took a great quantity of plunder from the city 31 and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking.[f] David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

David was back in action. He was not affected by the incident that happened eariler, although it was wrong, sinful. But he did not let that stand in the way of the work that he will be doing in the name of God. He continued to serve faithfully in his ministry that God had called him to be. He continued to follow God, winning battles and conquering cities and glorifying him. One very important thing to note, we always get stuck in the i am a sinner and not worthy of God. But God says otherwise. We are worthy of Him. Worthy. So if God says we are worthy, who are we to say we are not worthy?  We must not be held back by our own guilt, because God has made us guiltless in His name. Having said, we should remember the conviction and keep it close to our hearts. We must always keep that conviction that God had gave us regarding this subject and keep remembering it and not sin against God again. Imagine a world without sin, a perfect world. That will be so great, because we will be totally not bothered by sin.

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