Straight Talk

2 Samuel 12

Nathan Rebukes David

 ¹ The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. ² The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, ³ but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.

 ⁴ “Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”

 ⁵ David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die! ⁶ He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

 ⁷ Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. ⁸ I gave your master’s house to you, and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. ⁹ Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. ¹⁰ Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

 ¹¹ “This is what the LORD says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity on you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight. ¹² You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

 ¹³ Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.”

Lesson:

In these scriptures we find a “Revealing” of sin.  Surely David knew he had sinned.  The sin he had committed was extreme.  He had murdered a man to cover it up.  The thing that he didn’t completely understand though, was the evaluation or judgment of that sin.

      Now that the sin had been evaluated and he had decided how terrible it was in the eyes of the righteous, he began to repent.  He had send against the LORD.

       Last week we discussed “Straight Talk” in our Fusion Friday lesson.  This is what David did in his life.  There was some straight talk going on.  As we pray today, lets go in an shine God’s righteous light over our whole life.  We want to grow and be all that we can be in the body of Christ .

Memorize:

Jeremiah 29:11

 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Prayer:

Lord I love and praise you.  I seek you today God.  I seek your wisdom and light in my life.  In all my wisdom, I am but a fool, but with your guidance, I would be led by Solomon’s teacher.

I ask you right now to draw our students to trust in your wisdom as we step out in faith, and give you all of ourselves for your kingdom’s glory. 

Thank you Jesus.  I love you Jesus.  Amen

Use It:

·        Pray over these lessons in your own life

·        Pray a minimum of 15 minutes daily

·        Read a minimum of a chapter a day

·        Fast a meal a week

·        Memorize the weekly scripture

·        Please comment below to show that you have read our blog and are with us in prayer.

When this is done, I will go

Esther 4 (NIV)
14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
 15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”

“I want to be used by God”  Many of us carry this desire.  It drives us toward a walk that goes beyond “I’m saved” and sets us in a place that says “I want to be pleasing to Him”. 

As we move into a realm of growth we have started warfare.  Satan will fight us, flesh will fight us, and people will fight us.  So many times we are looking for that instant fix, that verse that changes everything, that moment in the altar that will give us a secret weapon and every thing will be easy.  There is no instant fix.  The basics must be revisited.  We must look into our lives and begin to empty our lives of stuff.  “let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,” Hebrews 12:1 (KJV).

So now your in a place that God can use you (your school, home, etc…). 

Me: Will you be used? 

You: How can I start to be used?

You start just as we all do.  The three basic principles of growth: Prayer, Fasting, and Reading the Word.  This is all done in your time outside of the church building.  You must take it upon yourself to be prepared.  Pray to conform our mind to His Will, Fast so that we can diminish and God can expand in us, Read the Word to build faith and knowledge in God.

As we conform to God’s will, our efforts will bring fruit.  As you become who God wants you to be, He will use you as an effective harvester in the field which is your school, home, etc…

“So I have to wait until I get to where I think I need to be?”

NO!

If you wait, “deliverance will rise from another”.  God wants to use you, and you don’t want to miss your time.  This is the time you were meant to witness, but as you do, grow!  Your growth is what God is wanting.  He grows those who have purpose.  That fact that you are doing a work will be why you grow.

So students, let’s “Gather together” and pray, fast, and read the Word.  We were put here “for such a time as this”.  It’s our time! Let’s pray that God will grow us and use us.  We want to go from “I’m saved”, to “I want to please Jesus”.

Memorize:

“let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,” Hebrews 12:1 (KJV).

Prayer:

Lord I love and praise you.  I want you to know that I am for you in all that I do.  I am striving to be a vessel that you will use for the glory of your kingdom.  It is not about me and my name and my popularity or stature.  It is all for the freedom of souls and the growing of your kingdom. 

I ask you right now to call our students to grow.  I want us to become soul winners.  I want the gifts of the spirit to manifest in their lives.  We need you in all of this.  We need you in victory over our flesh, and spiritual battles.  We claim our schools and homes in Jesus Name!  This is your territory Jesus.  Expand our faith, and build up our testimonies. 

Thank you Jesus.  I love you Jesus.  Amen

Use It:

·        Pray over these lessons in your own life

·        Pray a minimum of 15 minutes daily

·        Read a minimum of a chapter a day

·        Fast a meal a week

·        Memorize the weekly scripture

·        Please comment below to show that you have read our blog and are with us in prayer.