[Life Of David] A Night Of Passion Becomes A Life Of Pain Chikamu

The Path You Are On

When we read 2 Samuel 11, we see David set himself on a path leading to destruction when he decided to stay in Jerusalem and not go to war with his men. His path would lead to the destruction of a marriage and the loss of many lives.

He should not be there, at home, walking on the palace’s roof, able to see Bathsheba bathing. There is a path David is on; it is the path of isolation, interest, inquiry, intimacy, and implosion. Do you see the path? Isolation: He is at the palace by himself. Interest: “Who is that girl?” Inquiry: “Will you go get her for me?” Itimacy: He sleeps with her. Implosion: His life is going to implode. That is the path this adulterous relationship will take him.

David had an opportunity to get out; however, he did not take it. When he learned who she was from his servant, that she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite, one of his soldiers, he could have said, “Oh, I did not know who she was. Send her something and say we are grateful for her family’s service to the kingdom.” Instead, he sends for her because his path led him to allow lust to take hold of his heart.

The Lord considered what David had done to be evil. God did not want him to have multiple wives. God did not want him in this situation where he sent an innocent man to die and then slept with the man’s wife and had a son. David was supposed to be at war, fighting the battles for the kingdom. Instead, he chose the wrong path.

Are you choosing to walk on the wrong path because you are bored and have stopped doing what you are supposed to do? Walking on the wrong path leads to destruction—the destruction of our own lives and the lives of those who surround us. We can trust He will always direct us on the right path by putting God first, trusting Him, and acknowledging Him in everything.