II Samuel 24 The Census
In
God’s sight, David’s numbering the people was just as bad as his other sins.
When you are guilty of breaking one part of the Law, you are guilty of all. His
actions evidenced a lack of trust in God.
Faith
is not a leap in the dark. It is not a gamble. Faith is not even a “hope so.” Faith
is a sure thing. God never asks you to believe something that is not true.
Faith rests upon a rock, a sure foundation. David knows that God has put a
foundation beneath him and he knows he can overcome the enemy, He does not need
to number the people.
God
gives David a choice of punishment. David failed, he committed sin, but down
beneath that faith that failed was a faith that never failed. Basically, David
did trust God. David did not choose any of the choices. Instead, he told the
Lord that he did not want to fall into the hands of man. He was willing to fall
into the hands of God because he knew how to trust God.
The
Lord decided to send a pestilence upon Israel. David knew he would be all right
in the hands of God. This is the way you and I should feel when God punishes us.
Those whom the Lord loves, He disciplines.
David
wants to build a temple for the Lord. Araunah was a Jebusite, not an Israelite.
David explained his reason he wanted the threshing floor. Araunah wanted to
give it to David, but David said, “you can’t give it to me. I am going to pay
for it.” “Neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that
which doth cost me nothing.”
Are
we attempting to give to God that which costs us nothing? May we give as David
gave – David, the man after God’s own heart.
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