" You murdered Uriah the Hittite, then took his wife as your wife. Worse, you killed him with an Ammonite sword! And now, because you treated God with such contempt and took Uriah the Hittite's wife as your wife, killing and murder will continually plague your family. This is God speaking, remember! I'll make trouble for you out of your own family. I'll take your wives from right out in front of you. I'll give them to some neighbor, and he'll go to bed with them openly. You did your deed in secret; I'm doing mine with the whole country watching!"
Then David confessed to Nathan, "I've sinned against God."
Nathan pronounced, "Yes, but that's not the last word. God forgives your sin. You won't die for it. But because of your blasphemous behavior, the son born to you will die."
Wow! Now that’s a spoonful of medicine I don’t want. David is about to be a Dad, and God is going to take the baby from him. David’s son is going to die. After the baby was born, he became sick.
What does David do? He prayed, he fasted, he cried out to God, asking Him to change His mind. David slept on the floor and didn’t eat or go out for seven days. Filled with agony and anguish, he pleaded with the Lord to save his son. But on the seventh day the boy died.
David’s servants were afraid to tell him his son had died they feared what he would do. Realizing the servants were whispering, he asked them is the boy had died. “yes”, they responded.
To their surprise… 2 Samuel 12:20… David got up from the floor, washed his face and combed his hair, put on a fresh change of clothes, then went into the sanctuary and worshiped. Then he came home and asked for something to eat. They set it before him and he ate.
21 His servants asked him, "What's going on with you? While the child was alive you fasted and wept and stayed up all night. Now that he's dead, you get up and eat."
22-23 "While the child was alive," he said, "I fasted and wept, thinking God might have mercy on me and the child would live. But now that he's dead, why fast? Can I bring him back now? I can go to him, but he can't come to me."
David knew there was nothing more he could do. David moved on. He continued forward. His behavior didn’t go on for days or weeks or months. His conversation didn’t always refer back to this day. He let go and moved on.
Have you experienced regret or loss? Did someone pass away before you could tell them you love them? Has a supposedly close friend exchange vows without telling you? Have your adult children decided you weren’t good enough for them? Has your family disowned you? Or maybe your childhood wasn’t the best, you were abused, made fun of, went through a bad divorce or you were in an accident that has altered you physically?
How many of us can’t let go or live past a certain time in our lives? Does dwelling over the past help with today? You cannot change what has happened, but you can accept what has happened and move on.
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