Today is Tuesday, July 2, 2019, and here is your daily devote. This is important for us to see, because our hearts often seek so strongly to find what we want. The pull towards self and sin is so strong that we can easily interpret our surroundings for our own gain, and we might even receive support from those around us. We believe that if the right desires, circumstances, and people are in place, we must be in the will of God.
We look at the factors in place and find that what we want, this desire, there is an opportunity to do it, the circumstance, and the people, the community around us telling us to move forward. Then shouldn't it be the right thing to do? Maybe, but we ought to dig deeper. This account teaches us that the reception is not always right.
We must search the scriptures and listen to God's word. And when something clearly violates scripture, we must refuse to take matters into our own hands. David knew that the word of God trumps all other factors. We should follow his example.
Think about this. How does this account show us that we always need to check our desires and circumstances against the truth of scripture? When have we been guilty of saying something was God's will just because something felt right, or the circumstances were lining up? Thank you for listening to the daily devote.
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