2 Samuel 22, 23; Psalm 57
At the end of the roll call of the mighty warriors who surrounded David, we find Uriah the Hittite. This new information adds even greater weight to the sins of David. When he order the murder of Bathsheba's husband, he was also taking out one his most loyal warriors! His sin gets more fowl the further he sinks in its grasp. David goes from lust to adultery, from adultery to deception, from deception to disloyalty, from disloyalty to murder. At each stage he is seeking to bring justification to the former. However, as we know from the rest of the story, David repents, openly laying out his sin before God, in full recognition and acceptance that he has sinned against God. He also relies upon God to forgive him, bathing himself in God's amazing grace.
What sin have we committed, and allowed to snowball in our life, so that we have had to commit more sin in attempt to cover the former? At some point we must rise from the mire, and humbly seek God's forgiveness with a broken and contrite heart. America is currently experiencing this snowball effect. Her sins are compounding one upon the other, until we are at the point where wrong is being called right, and right is being called wrong. Do I believe that a nation can repent, as David did? Yes! However, if it is to happen, we must be broken, bending our knee to the Father of light. So, I am issuing a challenge to all Christians. Fall upon your face before our God, confessing our sin of apathy, and, in contrition, vowing to sin no more. Let us call upon the Lord to save our nation, that America might once more be that light upon the hill!
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