Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Cor 5:17
Someone asked me recently, "Why the balcony if this blog is "NO Balcony?" If David could do it all over again I think his view would be entirely different. I see David with a fresh start, a clean slate, and an opportunity to reconsider his options.
There are events in our lives, the memories of which are not worth saving … like dead skin in need of shedding. Along with each one of us, King David had an experience with God that helped him shed his skin. The details of that story are blatantly exposed in 2 Samuel Ch 11. One might even entitle that version, FROM THE BALCONY. However, in 1 Chronicles Ch 20 the events that took place from the balcony have mysteriously vanished not because they never happened but because they are not remembered.
IT IS WRITTEN ... I am the one who blots out your transgressions and remembers them no more. Isaiah 43:25
Relief from God's word was waiting for David long before he needed forgiveness. He put his faith in the yesterday, and today, and forever God who has removed OUR sins as far from us as the east is from the west. Psalm 103:12
David also declared in Psalm 126:3, "The Lord has done GOOD THINGS for us whereof we are glad!"
What gladness fills our hearts -- yea, what relief -- at the realization that the account of David and Bathsheba are unaccounted for in the Bible! How much more should we rejoice that our names -- not our sins -- are written in the Lamb's Book of Life!
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to all the people, "I find no fault in this man." Luke 23:4
All of us will face a balcony at one time or another. I think it is a place where crucial decisions have and will be made.
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, "How long halt ye between two opinions? If the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him." And the people answered him not a word (1 Kings 18:21.)
I believe the balcony suddenly appears when we find ourselves at the crossroad of indecisiveness. The day King David decided to become a man after God's own heart, his balcony -- along with all its repercussions -- disappeared. (compare 2 Samuel ch 11 with 1 Chronicles ch 20)
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing: fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Philippians 4:8
Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the “good things” he does for me. Psalm 103:2
Yes! May we never forget the “good things” he does for us!
What do you see on your horizon?
2 comments:
i see endless balconies on the horizon of my life. to handle them in god's way i think you've given the key. think positive thoughts. which includes saying positive words which for me includes keeping a guard on my mouth-gate! i will never win the gold in this arena but i will stay in training!
Good word Suzee dear. There are many ways to look at what's right in front of us. I am learning from David's story to remember that God has a will, and I have a need to follow His will, to humbly be still, to rest in it, nest in it, fully be blessed in it, following my Father's will. In all your ways acknowledge HIM and HE will direct your path! Amen. And of course this goes without saying but I'm saying it anyway, I LOVE YOU!
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