27 Apr 2025 12:09
Can I Lose My Higher Purpose?
In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah.
But David remained in Jerusalem.
But the thing David had done displeased the Lord.
The Lord sent Nathan to David.
5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this must die! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”
Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!
13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.
Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.
This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity on you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.’
But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will die.
Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.
“Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love; according to your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion.”
“Wash away my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me.”
“Against you – you alone – I have sinned and done this evil in your sight. So you are right when you pass sentence; you are blameless when you judge.”
“Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. Surely you desire integrity in the i
