The Time When Kings Go Out To Battle

I am sitting not too far from where we believe that King David sent one of his best men to die in battle. If you know the story you know that the cause for this terrible thing was that the king had taken this man's wife for himself and now she was pregnant. He was caught by the cords of his own sin and had a choice to make. Would he confess and repent or would he cover up. For over a year he covered it up until God sent his prophet and David's friend Nathan to confront the king. It took courage, humility and wisdom to do what Nathan had to do. He confronted the king and David repented but the consequences never left his house. What was the cause of this sliding into sin? How did a man who God said is a man after my own heart get to this place? It is clear in the first verse of the chapter, "At the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab... But David remained at home! He stopped battling against sin, he gave up a responsibility to someone else that was his responsibility to carry. He committed a sin of omission, he did not do what God called him to do! This is an easy sin for us men to commit! We get tired, we get discouraged or we get fed up and so we just quit!! But we cant there is too much at stake! Our wives, kids, friends and future generations will pay the cost for what we do not do that we should have done. We need to go out everyday to do spiritual battle. We need to love, share about Jesus, serve and stay clean. The consequences for not doing this are deadly.