I just wanted to share with my blog readers an interesting blog from a friend of mine named Pastor Marcus Beard. He often share blogs that encourage me and make me think everyday. I'm appreciative to his expressions which provides another form of ministry for him. I also encourage my blog readers to support his ministry. His ministry information is listed below. Please be blessed and enjoy.************************************************************************
HOW TO REBOUND FROM A FALL
2 Samuel 12:20
"Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat."
It is critical for us to understand that each of us are subject to baking bad decisions. None of us are exempt from the reality that we can/will make poor choices in this life. It is especially important for us to understand that our choices good or bad, can impact the lives of others. As we examine ourselves and our struggles, we must consciously work to minimize the amount of poor choices we make. David in the previous chapter (11) made poor decisions, and his decisions not only impact him and his family, but it impacted the nation that he ruled over. As a leader in the Body of Christ, I have to accept the fact, that my decisions can have Kingdom impacts. While I can thoroughly examine David's sin, I choose in this email to look more at his response. I believe that David's response is worthy of our brief exploration, because many of us are dealing with God's decision to kill some things that we birthed out of our flesh.
The Bible shows us the Prophet Nathan showing David the impacts of his sinful behavior. We must surround ourselves with people who are courageous enough to hold us accountable for our actions, in love. God will always send people in our lives whose specific purpose is to bring accountability in our lives. By choice many of us have pushed these people away, and/or have devalued their Kingdom impact on our lives. Once David excepted the fact that he made a mistake, the Bible says that he fasted and prayed to the Lord for this child that Uriah's wife bore him, to be healed from an illness. What do you do, when you have given birth to something that is sick? What do you do when you have worked at something that God's hand has not blessed, and all you can do is see failure after failure, after failure? How do you continue being a leader when you know that cause of your failure is you? David could have easily resigned as king, he could have easily threw in the towel. But David falls on his face, prays and begins to fast. He posture leads us to believe that he was full of repentance. The reality is that we must not only except accountability for our actions, but we must go before the Lord in pure repentance.
The Bible tells us that while David was laying on the earth, fasting, and praying, his son dies. What do you do when God does not answer your prayers in the way that you think/want Him to answer them? How do you handle God allowing something to die in your life that you wanted to live? David was faced with this situation, and he responded by getting up, changing his clothes, eating some food, and worshiping God. Today, some of us are challenged with some stuff, your stuff may not be my stuff, my stuff is not your stuff, but the reality is that we all have some stuff that we are dealing with. And some of our stuff is caused by our poor decisions. But when God decides to allow things in our lives to die, we must still maintain our worship and reverence for him, and we must move on. We cannot afford to have secret anger toward Him, we cannot allow ourselves to cling on to the things that He allows to die. We must trust that His decision is the best decision, even when we do not agree with His decision. David shows us how to move on after a fall, how to respond to the loss of something that we wanted to live. Today, I am encouraged because I know that God's choice is better than mine. His decisions are painful but necessary to my development and my purpose. And sometimes He has to break me down, in order to build me up. Sometimes my deliverance from a poor decision is me dealing with the reality of a loss.
2 Samuel 12:20
"Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat."
It is critical for us to understand that each of us are subject to baking bad decisions. None of us are exempt from the reality that we can/will make poor choices in this life. It is especially important for us to understand that our choices good or bad, can impact the lives of others. As we examine ourselves and our struggles, we must consciously work to minimize the amount of poor choices we make. David in the previous chapter (11) made poor decisions, and his decisions not only impact him and his family, but it impacted the nation that he ruled over. As a leader in the Body of Christ, I have to accept the fact, that my decisions can have Kingdom impacts. While I can thoroughly examine David's sin, I choose in this email to look more at his response. I believe that David's response is worthy of our brief exploration, because many of us are dealing with God's decision to kill some things that we birthed out of our flesh.
The Bible shows us the Prophet Nathan showing David the impacts of his sinful behavior. We must surround ourselves with people who are courageous enough to hold us accountable for our actions, in love. God will always send people in our lives whose specific purpose is to bring accountability in our lives. By choice many of us have pushed these people away, and/or have devalued their Kingdom impact on our lives. Once David excepted the fact that he made a mistake, the Bible says that he fasted and prayed to the Lord for this child that Uriah's wife bore him, to be healed from an illness. What do you do, when you have given birth to something that is sick? What do you do when you have worked at something that God's hand has not blessed, and all you can do is see failure after failure, after failure? How do you continue being a leader when you know that cause of your failure is you? David could have easily resigned as king, he could have easily threw in the towel. But David falls on his face, prays and begins to fast. He posture leads us to believe that he was full of repentance. The reality is that we must not only except accountability for our actions, but we must go before the Lord in pure repentance.
The Bible tells us that while David was laying on the earth, fasting, and praying, his son dies. What do you do when God does not answer your prayers in the way that you think/want Him to answer them? How do you handle God allowing something to die in your life that you wanted to live? David was faced with this situation, and he responded by getting up, changing his clothes, eating some food, and worshiping God. Today, some of us are challenged with some stuff, your stuff may not be my stuff, my stuff is not your stuff, but the reality is that we all have some stuff that we are dealing with. And some of our stuff is caused by our poor decisions. But when God decides to allow things in our lives to die, we must still maintain our worship and reverence for him, and we must move on. We cannot afford to have secret anger toward Him, we cannot allow ourselves to cling on to the things that He allows to die. We must trust that His decision is the best decision, even when we do not agree with His decision. David shows us how to move on after a fall, how to respond to the loss of something that we wanted to live. Today, I am encouraged because I know that God's choice is better than mine. His decisions are painful but necessary to my development and my purpose. And sometimes He has to break me down, in order to build me up. Sometimes my deliverance from a poor decision is me dealing with the reality of a loss.
Pastor Marcus Beard
Garment of Praise Bible Church
5303 South Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90037
323 301-0688 * www.myspace.com/pastormarcusbeard
Services every Sunday at 10am
