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THE BIG MESSY

[Scheduled Reading: 2 Samuel 9-16]

Just as everything in David’s life was BIG, his sin was also BIG. 

Sin is just messy. 

His adultery with Bathsheba, and the cover-up by murdering her husband, left a sloppy mess for the rest of David’s life. 

God’s judgment was direct.

His family would implode. His sons would be at war with each other. Some would even seek David’s life. His wives would be captured and defiled by his enemies. 

His baby born to Bathsheba died, too.

It was family dysfunction at its greatest. It was messy. 

But something beautiful happens in this story - something that can be an encouragement to every one of us.

David repented BIG. He said to the prophet Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

God’s response should give us all goose bumps. 

Nathan told David, “The Lord also has put away your sin.”

As messy as it might be, forgiveness can be instant. Restoration can be immediate it. It was for King David.

That does not mean the consequences go away. Again, sin leaves behind a mess. 

But past sin need not be a ball and chain tied to your ankle. Forgiveness is the weapon against sin. 

Perhaps David’s greatest life victory might not even be his fight against Goliath, or the Philistines, etc. 

His greatest victory just might be his ability to repent and recover from his big sin.  

David’s fickle faith story is different than most. 

Yes, he became content. He got distracted. He slipped into sin. 

But he bounced back fast.

For the rest of David’s life, he will wade through the fall-out of his BIG sin. 

But because of his BIG heart, his walk with God does not suffer – instead it thrives.