2 samuel 12:21-23

 

WHEN A CHILD DIES...

2 SAMUEL 12: 21-23

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21) Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done?  thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

22) And he said, while the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

23) But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast?  can I bring him back again?  I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.                         King James Version (KJV) Public Domain

COMMENTARY

   Have you not read the account of King David and Bathsheba?  The time of the year when most kings were at battle, King David was in his castle and his men were waging wars.  So, while he was home, he saw a woman on a neighboring rooftop taking a bath.  She was beautiful.  King David made inquiries about her only to discover that she was the wife of one of his top warriors, Uriah, the Hittite.  Uriah was loyal to the King.

   To make a long story short, King David sent for Bathsheba and had relations with her.  When she relayed that he got her pregnant, the King sent for her husband (Uriah) so he would come and have relations with her in an attempt to cover up his part in the pregnancy.  Uriah came home, but did not sleep with his wife out of loyalty to God, the other fighting men, and the King.  King David even had him stay another night and got him drunk, so he would have relations with his wife.  Still, he did not.

   Finally, King David sent Uriah back to battle with written instructions to the captain to place Uriah in the heat of the battle and then have the men retreat, leaving him defenseless.  They did and Uriah was killed.  Bathsheba went into mourning but King David was relieved that his sin was hidden.  He then, married Bathsheba.

   Then comes Nathan, the Prophet and condemns the King in front of all Israel.  King David confesses his sin and repents.  He should have surely died for his sin, but God spared his life.  God, however, took Uriah's wife's son and also placed King David's house under a curse.

   Understand this:  the child, born from adultery,  was not part of God's plan for King David.  The Messiah would come from the line of David.  

   David fasted and prayed for the life of the child but God said, "no."  When the child had died, King David pulled himself up, dusted himself off, and the first thing he did was to praise his God!  Now, notice what he said.....the child will not return to me, BUT I WILL GO TO HIM.  The child is innocent of sin until the age of accountability, even though his parents are guilty, .  God takes children to Himself.  It is not for us to question His motives, but to accept His will.  

   Again, in this particular instance, Jesus was to be born in the line of David, so God was making a way for Him.  In our lives, we don't always see what God has on His mind when He takes our babies, our children.  Even though, let us praise Him for the time we had them, that He chose us to be worthy of having them even for a short time.  Especially so if the child has a medical condition.  That is our time of concentrated love and attention for them.  In all things, let us sing His praise!  Amen?

   The beginning of having a relationship with The Creator of All things begins here:   https://omaswisdom.blogspot.com/p/path-to-salvation.html.

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