FAITH CAPSULE: Repent your sin to gain and retain the presence of God. 

2 Samuel 11, 12:1-25

Obedience to the word of God does not despise God but takes a position to find God. 
Despising the word of God will set one for self-destruction. (Proverbs 13:13) 
In life, despising the word of God is a destination to become sink into sin. 
With sin, one is not seeking God to find God. 
The Case of the sin of David and Hezekiah is a testimony of what sin adds or takes away while alive:
King David saw and sent for Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah. 
The Bible records, “…and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house. And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.” (2 Samuel 11:4-5)
David was a man after the heart of God but did wrong in his attempt to cover up his sin with Bathsheba, sending Uriah (husband of Bathsheba) to the front of war to get him killed. (1 Samuel 13:14) 
God will not overlook the sin of anyone regardless of the past good act before God. 
Before God, the only way to come out of sin is to repent. 
The sin of King David before God called for Prophet Nathan to rebuke David as he responded with repentance. 
2 Samuel 12:13 records the repentance of David, “I have sinned against the LORD.” And Nathan said to David, “The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.  
Repentance will bring forth redemption.
The repentance of David before God granted Him the mercy of God. 
God did not withdraw His spirit from David and not cut off His word from him. 
The word of God speaks to all, “Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.” (Proverbs 1:23) All need to learn from turning away from sin to God to gain the presence of God. 
David was rebuked, turned to repent and retain the hand of God over his life. 
Hezekiah was sick with the mark to die when the word of God rebuked him through Prophet Isaiah, stating “…thus says the Lord: ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’” (Isaiah 38:1) 
The bible records the repentance of Hezekiah, “Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD.” (Isaiah 1:2) 
David, Hezekiah repented at the rebuke of Isaiah, the prophet of God, and the word of God gave life to Hezekiah in the place of death.
What stops you from turning away from sin to God.?
With sin, no one will gain the presence of God. 
Come out of sin, and live life by the word of God to gain and retain the presence of God.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to live a sin-free life.