BLOGABOUTIT.COM July 16, 2011

Part 4

Welcome!  Good to have you back!

Let’s pick up our story at II Samuel, chapter 11. 

Now we see here that David has problems too.  Don’t get it twisted (as the young folks say).  He was not perfect.  Not by a long shot.  Why he’s committed adultery.  And with a married woman yet!  And even conspired to commit murder, but he was for all intents and purposes, truly a man after God’s own heart.  He was loyal, repentant, sincere and true.  Just what our God is after, family!  Loyalty, repentance, sincerity and true devotion.  King David respected his God’s law and His order.  He worked hard at keeping his word and was worked hard at keeping his integrity (proof of that’s found at II Samuel, chapter 12).

All throughout the book of II Samuel, David is proven to be a good king, a sensitive man and one with a heart that truly cries out for mercy.  He is intimate with God and a fierce defender of His character.  (You’ll notice that I skip a couple of books in between, the 1^st or I and II Kings.  They record the history of the leaders after Kings Saul and David’s times.)

Why even by II Samuel chapter 21 around verses 5 through about the 14^th, he is still honoring King Saul’s legacy.  By the end of King David’s life which is recorded at I Chronicles chapter 29, nary one time did he open his mouth to dishonor the man that in earlier years made his life a living hell.  

Now that takes grace.  The divine ability given to humans by God (smile). 

Well there ya have it, an example of the grace on King David’s life . . . the mad grace on his life.  I’ve been by faith, walking in grace ever since I learned what it was (smile).

It’s been a fun ride gang.  Thanks for stopping by!

For 2 New Testament examples of grace, check out Galatians 1:15-16 and Ephesians 1:7-8.