Have you ever wondered why David, the man after God’s heart so easily committed adultery with Bathsheba? As I thought about this, I noticed that it all happened because David stayed at home instead of going to war as everyone else were doing.
2 Samuel 11 says, In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. Why David chooses to stay at home is unknown, but this very adultery with Bathsheba would have been avoided if only he went with all other to war as usual.
You must have heard the popular saying that goes, "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." Sure, it was while David was at home doing nothing, that satan entered into his heart, and he began to walk on the corridor looking outside, until his eyes caught this beautiful woman who was naked because he was taking her bath, and this act of adultery mas made possible.
In the same way, many believers are like david today, instead of getting actively involved in God's work, most of them just relax doing nothing. Even when they get to church, instead of getting actively involved in serving and worshipping, they just relax in church, looking at those ladies who dress half-naked to church in the name of fashion, and before they realize, they have fallen into various kinds of immorality.
May God help us to do what needs to be done, so that we will not fall into temptations in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. You are blessed. Jesus loves you and I do too.
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