Life Lessons from David

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David overcame, though he did so perilously and with much trial.

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Here are four tough life lessons that we can learn from king David: Chosen despite the tough journey The Lord often trains anointed leaders not in comfort and peace but through pain and times of conflict, like He did with David. He had to go through terrible ordeals that later equipped him in his reign as king.

Chosen despite the iniquity Even when David fell into terrible sins, God did not turn away from him but continued to guide David in his repentance. David was still a sinner and gave into some deadly temptations such as adultery with Bathsheba and consequently having her husband Uriah killed in battle. When David sinned, he went back to the Lord in humility and contriteness, as the Lord forgave him. David not only conquered the surrounding enemy nations of Israel that constantly attacked them, but he overcame the personal lies of rejection and insignificance that the enemy placed to hinder him from his God-given role in history.

The Ark of the Covenant was a chest made of wood overlaid with gold, in which were kept the Ten Commandments. Human hands were never to touch the Ark of the Lord Numbers 4: God had given clear instructions telling how the Ark should be transported from place to place.

It was to be carried on poles by the Levites.

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But when David decided to move the sacred chest, he had the Ark of the Covenant hauled up to Jerusalem on a cart. At one point the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah put out his hand to steady the Ark. Immediately he died 2 Samuel 6: God punished disobedience at once. It is always dangerous to tamper with sacred things. Even doing good things by methods not sanctioned in the Scriptures is unwise.

7 Life Lessons From King David

During the time that David ruled over Israel, he demonstrated great wisdom and justice in dealing with people. David stood out as one of the greatest political and spiritual leaders in Old Testament history. One evening while David was walking out on the roof of his palace, he noticed a beautiful woman bathing on a nearby rooftop.

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David quickly responded to what he saw, even though he knew she was the wife of Uriah. A few months later he received word that Bathsheba had conceived a child as a result of his adulterous relationship with her that night. Instead of confessing his transgression, David immediately began a frantic effort to cover up his sin.

2. David as a Fugitive From King Saul (1 Samuel 20-31)

First of all, in order to cover up the scandal, David sent for Uriah and brought him home from the battle front. David possibly thought to himself that no one would ever know the child was his 2 Samuel But Uriah was so loyal to David and to his fellow soldiers who were camping in the open battlefield, that he refused to allow himself the indulgence of staying in the comforts of his own home and enjoying the favors of his wife. He thought that perhaps Uriah would stumble home, and in his drunken stupor forget his military responsibilities for at least one evening.

So he decided to have Uriah killed. But those words from David have a mighty hollow sound. Even the strongest person can easily slip. At any moment, at any hour, any Christian anywhere can be caught off guard and can fail God miserably.

1. David as a Shepherd Boy (1 Samuel 16-19)

David, after being confronted by the prophet Nathan, acknowledged his sin, and his sin was forgiven. But David reaped what he sowed. The wages of that sin continued to pay bitter dividends for many years. The child born to Bathsheba died.

Absalom was a young man with a magnetism that attracted people. Soon he stirred up a widespread rebellion against David, and David had to flee from the city of Jerusalem in disgrace. To continue living in sin will bring dreadful consequences. True, the sin can be forgiven. Even though David was a powerful king over Israel for 40 years and his heart was definitely inclined Godward, he was not without faults.

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For example, David sinned in placing confidence in human strength 2 Samuel Yet God used him! David is pointing to the Greater Christ. This is the significance of Peter's answer to Jesus in Matthew When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. This is no human figure.

Solomon, Hezekiah, Josiah - the greatest kings of Israel lived at best 70 or 80 years. None of them had an eternal kingdom. This is Jesus Christ, the Son of David, who is the King above all kings who will live and reign forever.

Eli the priest fails to fear God and his two sons are killed because of it. Saul fails to obey and honor God, and the kingdom is given to another man. But David's sin against Bathsheba shows this most vividly of all. When David takes Bathsheba and kills her husband Uriah, he sins in so many ways, and the Lord is not silent or indifferent to them. Such sobering consequences for sin are meant to cause us to fear falling into sin. But there is forgiveness in the life of David as well.

After Nathan the prophet confronts David for his sin, David confesses.

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