“I SHALL GO TO HIM!”

2 Samuel 12:13-23                              (ESV)

“13 David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." And Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you shall die."

15 Then Nathan went to his house And the LORD afflicted the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and he became sick.

16 David therefore sought GOD on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.

17 And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

18 On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, "Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us. How then can we say to him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm."

19 But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David understood that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" They said, "He is dead."

20 Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.

21 Then his servants said to him, "What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child died, you arose and ate food."

22 He said, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, 'Who knows whether the LORD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?'

23 But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? “I SHALL GO TO HIM”, but he will not return to me."”

Last week was a trying time for me and my family.  One day a dear friend was healed from Dementia.  That evening a 25 year old wife of a friend died.  A couple of days later a family patriarch entered her Heavenly reward.  So evidence of how uncertain this life can be has once again been brought to the forefront of my thoughts.  

King David was in this particularly uncomfortable position a time or two during his life.  When his child with Bathsheba was born, the child became sick, so badly sick that he died when he was seven days old.   During the sickness King David was inconsolable, he was unable to be ministered to by his servants.  When the child died, it was if ALMIGHTY GOD removed the burden of the child from David, allowing him to eat and function again.  

While I am not able to identify with King David failure to uphold his marriage vows regarding Bathsheba, I have been unfaithful to GOD in more ways than I care to admit.  King David was spared having to surrender his life for the adulterous affair with Bathsheba, he had to live with the pain of that sin for the remainder of his life.  However, the history of sin in my life is such that I wouldn’t be shocked if GOD would elect to skip over me to use another of HIS servants?  

GOD ALMIGHTY is capable of using even a murderer for HIS GLORY.  Remember Moses, or maybe the Apostle Paul, or any other number of examples that could be stated??  None of us are “qualified” to be used by our CREATOR for HIS GLORY.   We don’t deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as GOD, but because of the NAME OF JESUS we are.  We cannot go and change our past, but “I SHALL GO TO HIM” one day and Worship HIM FOREVER!!!