2 Samuel 11:1 NASB — Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
“Then it happened” Have you ever had a “then it happened” moment. Everything is going well. Health, finances, personal relationships, friends and family are having the best of times. In fact it couldn’t be better. Life is good, and “then it happened.” Something out of blue disrupts your life and those around you. It comes along unexpectedly when you least expect it and it happens. Some “then it happened” moments you have no control over, but there are some fortunately you do have control over. These controllable “then it happened” moments never need to see the light of day if you are where you are supposed to be, doing what you are to be doing, rather than being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
King David had a “then it happened” moment. The Lord had protected David from the hand of King Saul who was determined to kill him. After the death of Saul, David became King of Israel. The kingdom was securely in his hand. The Lord had continually blessed David, and then it happened. David was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Although he was in the comforts of his own home, he was not where the King of Israel needed to be at that time. David was to be out with Israel’s army in the battlefield, but David sent Joab and his servants as he stayed home.
As the story unfolds, David was on the rooftop of his house late in the evening, perhaps he couldn’t sleep or he had nothing else to do and was bored. He noticed a beautiful woman, Bathsheba, bathing in the privacy of her own home from a distance. There’s an old saying, “idle minds are the devil’s workshop,” and here an idle king fell into the devil’s trap. Inquiring about the woman, David sent for her and the two had relations resulting in a pregnancy. If the story ended here it would be bad enough, but it gets much worse. Cover up and conspiracy leading to the murder of Bathsheba’s husband is the fallout from this sin of adultery. 2 Samuel 11:27 says, “…..But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the Lord.”
Temptation has been around since the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Temptation was obviously around in David’s time, and you can be sure it is around today. How do you avoid temptation? One way is avoid any situation that could possibly lead you in the direction of temptation and sin. Along with that, remain faithful in your responsibilities to be where you are to be at any given time, and not in the wrong place at the wrong time.
As you go through life be obedient to God and His Word, following His lead, and you will never need to worry about having that “Then It Happened” moment.
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