LESSONS TO LEARN
2 Samuel 5:6-16

The beginning of every man’s fall is inhabited in the beginning of every man’s rise. God is set to bring up any of His children and not to keep him down while the enemy is also set to bring him or keep him down. Despite all the wicked devises that is in possession of the devil, the children of God will always prevail. David, having become the king for the whole land, began to build up for his own destruction. The Bible says, “So David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted His kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.13 And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron. Also more sons and daughters were born to David.” (2 Samuel 5:12-13) The later end of King David’s challenges started when he began to assemble concubines and wives. In the days of his running away from King Saul, David did not engage himself in taking up concubines but was engaged in ways and means to have his life protected. However, when he realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel he re-established himself with concubines and wives. Often times, whenever there is a sigh of relief from challenges and adversities, the tendency to shift focus presents itself in the life of believers. Shifting focus will not present itself directly but rather indirectly. It is a way by adding up extra responsibilities that are often uncalled for or the ones that are not necessary. As David began to add concubines and wives, he made himself vulnerable to traps of sin and sinning that eventually affected and disrupted him later in life. God had earlier warned the children of Israel against multiple wives when he laid down the principles governing kings. Deuteronomy 17:7, “Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.” In life it is easy to destroy than to build. All that David went through was a building process that was needed to maintain self at the top. God is building you up and what you see in your building process is for learning that will keep you and maintain you for His divine plans. Paying attention and avoiding the forces of distraction will keep a believer in line of God’s plan. The life of David was full of all kinds of lessons that are enough to keep a believer in line from repeated failure.
Prayer for today: Father, in all that I am learning and seeing in Your Word, let it add up in me that I may not become a victim of self destruction.