NOTHING PREVAILS
2 Samuel 12: 1-23

David’s emergence was not an accident. David was sought out for greatness and God’s glory by God Himself. 1 Samuel 13:14, “…The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you.” One man’s failure in the area of God’s calling is another man’s promotion by the hand of God. Saul’s failure to live according to his divine appointment gave David a passage to God’s appointment. God does not need man for His attainment but rather man needs God for attainment. That was the case of Saul as he failed to attain a glorious destiny. As much as David was sought out by God, it was not a liberty for abuse of power neither was it a liberty to escape consequence of sin or sinning. Just like Saul, David committed an evil act and God sent His Prophet Nathan to address it. “Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon. 10 Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ 11 Thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, I will raise up adversity against you from your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun.’” (2 Samuel 12:9-12) To despise the commandment of God is an act of evil. An act of evil is giving a great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme. Are you an acclaimed believer of the Word? It is a serious matter to gain an understanding that, as much as God is a God of goodness, mercy, and forgiveness, it is certain that no prayer will prevail in stopping or erasing the consequences of evil acts. David sinned and repented of his sin and God did put away his sin but the consequence could not be removed. 2 Samuel 12:15-16, “…And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it became ill. 16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.” David went into fasting and praying, but there was not enough prayer that could rectify the consequences of his evil.

Prayer for today: Lord my God and Father take my days and my moments that I should not despise Your commandment to do evil.