Aug. 2, 2016
MY FRIENDS, THE TALE OF TWO KINGS WHICH ONE ARE WE?
“And he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house; and when he requested, they set food before him, and he ate….. And he said, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who can tell whether the Lord will be gracious to me.”As we look over our lives sometimes there are visible scars that indicate we have been in a war zone with the enemy. But only scars that will heal because God is gracious toward us “not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9 (NKJV)
David after His Sin of adultery, lies, and murder, God still reached as far as he had drifted away to make David’s “corruptible heart incorruptible and fit for immortality. But like David it is our choice to accept God’s invitation. The narrative starts in the eleventh chapter of 2 Samuel and ends in the twelfth chapter. After Nathan the prophet presents David’s sin before Him, his first words were “I have sinned against the Lord.”
And Nathan then says, “The Lord also has put away your sin;”2 Samuel 12:13 (NKJV) My friends its personal because I need each of us to understand 
after David’s sin He did not confess and repent His sins until they were brought to His attention. So our focus must be on the time frame from when the man after God’s on heart committed this terrible abomination against God until God sent Nathan the Prophet to confront David about it? And what was taking place within his heart?
My friends, it was during this time that God was knocking at the door of David’s heart and with that still small voice saying “Come unto me, [if your sins have become a burden] and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matt. 11:28-30 (NKJV)
God knows our heart, He knew David had accepted His invitation to take control because He had Searched David thoroughly and He knew David would allow Him to make the necessary changes that would create within Him a pure heart.” And when David said “I have sinned against the Lord.” That was his open confession to the world because His sin had been done in the open.
My friends, we all have Choices to make as the Spirit of God pleads with us, and if we heed His invitation we then realize “we cannot serve two masters; for either we will hate the one and love the other, or else we will be loyal to the one and despise the other.”Matt. 6:24 (NKJV) Remember, the first king of Israel had this same opportunity but in the end Saul refused to heed God’s call for repentance so “Saul took a sword and fell on it.” 1 Sam. 31:5 (NKJV)
The tale of two kings, given the same opportunity to accept the pleading and promises of God and let Him enter their heart. for every action of of the darkness of this world, there must be an overpowering and opposite reaction that says I surrender it all to the King of Kings as we allow the shackles of sin that has our heart in bondage to the god of this world to be broken for “wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who will go in by it. But for those few who still seek Gods presence and life eternal the road is narrow “So walk yea in it.”
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