Be At The Right Place - GOD'S JEWELS MINISTRIES

Theme: 2ND BOOK OF SAMUEL
Week: 4
Topic: Be At The Right Place
Text: 2nd Samuel 11:1-27.

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2ND SAMUEL 11:1-17

^{1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here today also, and tomorrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also}

LESSON INTRODUCTION
One of things that can invite temptation into the live of a child of God is; not being at the right place at the right time. Not being at the right place means not staying at one’s post of assignment. This is the best time Satan can easily trap any child of God, no matter the splendor of anointing on his head because he has left his divine post of assignment.

This was exactly what fell David into the sin of adultery that cause sword not to cease from his generation. David supposed to be at the battle field with his men but he tarried alone at Jerusalem. This was the time where the battle was hot. As the warlord, agile and healthy, He supposed to be with his men for that was the post of his assignment as a king. But as a result of his absence at his post, he was easily captured into the sin of adultery with Bathsheba (one of his war men’s wife) at the evening while he was walking aimlessly upon the roof of the king’s house.

Because David failed to be at the post of his assignment he committed the following:

Failed as a leader to protect the law: It was a common known law (for purity) among Israel not to have sex with their wives or any woman during the time of battle. This was why Uriah rejected David’s invitation to stay with his wife when he planed a cover-up (2nd Sam: 11:11)
Try to cover up his sin: Proverbs 28:13 says “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” David tried to cover-up his sin of adultery by inviting Uriah from the battle field to sleep with his wife so that he could be responsible for Bathsheba’s pregnancy (Read 2nd Samuel 8:9)
Shed the blood of an innocent: When David saw that his attempt to make Uriah to sleep with his wife was to no avail, he planed his death by ordering Joab (Head of of his army) to place Uriah at the forefront of the hottest battle, and to retire from him, so that he might be kill by the enemy.

CONCLUSION
This David action angered God; “The sword shall never depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me [the Lord], and hast taken the wife of Uriah”” the prophet Nathan told him (2nd Samuel 12:10). This prophecy was literally fulfilled. To escape devils’ temptation that will bring condemnations, always be at the the post of your assignment

Memory verse
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
James 1:14