Sunday, September 13
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A KING'S CONFESSION: "MY BAD."
I've stood at the door of the church on many Sundays and heard this comment over and over again: "Preacher, that sermon was
just for me. You were talking about me, and I know it." The truth is, I'm not preaching "at" anybody. If someone is convicted, it is
the Holy Spirit touching a heart, not me aiming for it.
This kind of conviction happened to King David after his affair
with Bathsheba, and his murder of her husband, Uriah. David heard these words of Asaph in worship: "you hate discipline, and
you cast My words behind you. You let your mouth loose in evil, and your tongue frames deceit." When he heard them, the Holy
Spirit whispered, "David, it's you." And King David said, "I have sinned," or, in today's cultural slang, "My bad." David owned his
sin. And he confessed it publicly in a song of his own-Psalm 51.
Before he was ever confronted by the prophet
Nathan, David was stung by the words of a song sung in worship. That the king would eventually (although he was confronted in
private by Nathan) confess his sin in public was nothing short of a miracle! David was at the pinnacle of his career. He was
powerful. He was popular. And he could have denied Nathan's charge, but he could not deny God's conviction.
King
David confessed to God and to the people. And he pled for the mercy of God based on His lovingkindness, and nothing more.
Memory Verse
PSALMS 51:4
Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, and done what is evil in Thy sight.
Read Through The Bible
Mark 13; Job 27-28