2 Samuel 11 - 1 In the spring, when the kings normally went out to war,
David sent out Joab, his servants, and all the Israelites. They destroyed the Ammonites and attacked the city of Rabbah.
But David stayed in Jerusalem.
2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof
3 So David sent his servants to find out who she was. A servant answered, “That woman is Bathsheba daughter of Eliam. She is the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
4 So David sent messengers to bring Bathsheba to him. When she came to him, he had sexual relations with her. (Now Bathsheba had purified herself from her monthly period.) Then she went back to her house.
5 But Bathsheba became pregnant and sent word to David, saying,
“I am pregnant.”
Later David tried to get her husband drunk and send him home to have sex with his wife. This would of course cause the husband to think the baby was his. Unfortunately for David her husband did not go home but in an act of dedication, he slept outside David’s castle with the other officers. In desperation, David had her husband killed and eventually married the woman. This act turned David’s life upside down for an extended period of time. While thinking about this situation I thought about some basic questions that I should ask of myself and of others on a regular basis. Here are the questions and David’s answers.
QUESTION
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DAVID’S
ANSWER
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YOUR
ANSWER
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WHO AM I
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King David
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WHERE AM I
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At Home
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WHERE SHOULD I BE
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“when the kings normally went out to war”
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WHEN SHOULD I BE THERE
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Now
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WHAT ARE YOU DOING
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Abusing my authority
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While there are more questions that can be raised from this particular portion of scripture, the answers to these questions can go a long way in determining what the answers will be when you answer them again in six months. If the answer to where are you and where should you be are not the same now, then without an acceleration plan being implemented now, those answers will not be the same in six months. Anyway I hope to spend a lot more time sharing via this blog this year in an effort to reconcile the difference between where I am, and where I should be. Join me. SLC
