Temptation

 

    Temptation is a testing of your will, strength, or faith.  It is when you are being tried or enticed by evil.  There are several types of temptation: over-indulgence, subduction, disloyalty, and all types of sin.  Temptation does not come from God.  God test to reveal to you certain areas that need work.  Satan tempts to destroy your life.  It starts innocently, but when fed leads to sin.

    This Thanksgiving lets remember not to over indulge.  One day a year is fine, but it can become a habit.  If we give into a habit if rich food or a lot of sugar, then diabetes, obesity, or other heath problems will result.  The same goes for alcohol.  You can have a glass of wine or a beer occasionally, but when it becomes a habit, it will destroy relationships and your health.  Let's remember that God wants all good things for us today and everyday, but not to the point where it will destroy what He has given you.

    David was a kings after God's own heart, but he was also a man.  He had eyes and it was his eyes that led him to follow temptation.  It was spring, the season to go to war, but this year he decided to stay at home.  He had had enough blood shed and wanted a break.  There is nothing wrong with that.  

    One night we was walking on his roof overlooking his city felling stir-crazy when he noticed a woman bathing.  He should have turned around and walked away, but he lingered.  He watched and was seduced by her beautiful body.  He fed the temptation more by finding out who she was, then by asking her to come to him.  

    The woman was Bathesheba.  She was flattered that the handsome king noticed her.  She wanted him as much as he wanted her, but she was married.  She gave into temptation by forgetting her vows to her husband.  That one night of giving into temptation changed both their lives in a way that would affect everyone they loved for the rest of their lives.

    That moment of lust led to an unwanted pregnancy.  David tried to cover it up by requesting her husband back from battle, but what he wanted was for Uriah to have sex with Bathsheba to cover his sin.  Uriah was a good man.  He would not touch his wife while others were on the battlefield dying.  David sinned again to cover his first sin by sending Uriah to the front line to ensure his death.  David basically murdered Uriah.  

    Bathsheba mourned her husband, but once the appropriate time was over, she married David and had his child.  David was a man with a heart for God, but he was influenced by temptation.  That temptation was fed which led to sin.  This sin made God unhappy with David.  Sin makes God unhappy with all of us.  Enjoy your thanksgiving.  Remember all the good things you have and forget about what you do not have today.

2 Samuel 11