Grace & Complications

When you think of David, in the Bible, it is hard to see how God could think of him as righteous. 
Or, even as to having a good heart.
Of all of the people in the Bible, he is the least one of interest to me.
An egotist, a narcisist, an adulterer, a murderer, a polygamist, a  nudist, a really rotten father.
God help you if you were his daughter!
Oh yeah, you really want this guy for a neighbor!
NOT!!!!!!

I have often commented, David really does not want to run into me in Heaven!

2 Samuel 7:11-16

Look Back
See God's Grace in your past.
It seems it is best considered in hindsight.
You can see God's hand in your life but only if you are willing to LOOK.
And yes, God can be found even the worst of situations...

David did nothing to deserve God's favor.
From a nothing family.
The runt of the litter so to speak.
He was not even called to the family, to be examined by Samuel!

God uses the least of us,
In the areas of our weaknesses,
To show us His power,
And, ways.

David never did fully get what he deserved.
Think on how you have not either!

Look Out!
God's Grace and Disciple work together.

David often found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time!
II Samuel 11, tells us of his fall.
Uriah, had what David lacked: INTEGRITY !
David sets up Uriah's death, to cover his sin with Bathsheba.
A simple case of lust, adultery and murder.

And the Prophet Nathan has to call David on the carpet!
David repented.
We all need to repent.
But there are still consequences for our failures.

Look Forward
In spite of our mess ups, God's Grace is always there!
If we ask for it!

God blesses us.
God forgives us.
God wants His best for us.

And now I could suddenly understand David.
I was just like him.
No matter how much I loved God or desired to serve Him:
My heart was just as corrupted.
My mind was just as stupid.
My eyes were just as blind.

And God's Grace covers me,
Just as much as it did David three thousand years ago.
In Heaven, rather than punching out David, now
I guess we will share a coffee and talk on how great God is ...
How stupid we are - long forgotten.