“There will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right.” –Albus Dumbledore
Read 2 Samuel 11:1-17 and journal your thoughts
We all have a choice, we can chose to step into our destiny and live an extra-ordinary life or we can chose to live a life like everyone else. God isn’t going to force us into a life that we don’t want to live. If we don’t want to step into our destiny, then we don’t have to. If we don’t want to life the dream that God has for us, then that is up to us. We have a choice because that is the very nature of Love. God Loves us so much that He offers us an invitation to follow Him and step into our destiny, or to try to create something ourselves.
For David the easy choice is to give into temptation and sleep with Bathsheba, but every choice has a consequence; some of them are good while others are not. Up to this point in the story David has been following God, but here he decides to go a different route, and because of his choice a series of terrible consequences occur. David then has to make a choice whether to cover up what he's done or not. Then in an attempt to cover up what he's done has to have her husband Uriah killed. David then has a son from Bathsheba, who soon dies afterwards, his family becomes divided and turns on each other. Even his own son Absalon tries to overthrow his father and dies. All of this may seem a bit extreme, but honestly is it surprising to see kids rebelling against their perfect king of a father when they discover that he is a murderer? Honestly how would you respond?
So we all have a choice, we can chose between what is easy and what is right. Between the life of abundance and destiny that God has planned for us, or we can try to create it ourselves and hope it turns out ok. Ultimately, the choice is ours.
Today pray that God would help you to see the importance of every choice you make.
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