David Forgot - God is There

The temptation and fall of David are presented by God for each of us to ponder. Remember those consequences?

1. David Desensitized his conscience by incomplete obedience (II Sam 5:13).

2. David Relaxed his grip on personal purity (II Sam 11:1).

3. David Fixated his heart on physical desires (II Sam 11:2).

4. David Rationalized his mind about wrong decisions (II Sam 11:3).

5. David Plunged his life into lustful sin (II Sam 11:4).

6. David Destroyed his testimony by the sin of a moment of stolen pleasure. Death, deceit, murder, immorality and spiritual oppression, poverty and famine of the soul are only a few offspring of this act of momentary pleasure.

There are lessons to be learned from David that are very difficult but so necessary. For any and all of us today ring Paul's words across the twisted wreckage of so many lives that litter the highway of the redeemed—flee lust and look for God when tempted.

Let's begin this evening asking the Lord to make His incredibly comforting promise of 1st Corinthians 10:1-13 clear to each of us.