As a child David lived on his father’s farm near Bethlehem where he was the youngest of eight children. He served his family as a shepherd showing great courage against a bear and a lion, and at an early age he was selected by God to follow Saul in the throne. He fights and kills Goliath and shortly thereafter he is forced to flee for his life. He runs from Saul and when he gets the opportunity to kill him he spares him twice. After the death of Saul he becomes King and under him Jerusalem is captured and set aside for the capitol where the ark is then brought. He also expanded Israel’s borders substantially. Unfortunately his life is not characterized by just good he also lusted after another mans wife and committed adultery with her. He then called for her husband to get him to sleep with her so that their child would seem to be his, however Uriah was loyal to his men and would not share the bed with her. After that David sent Uriah
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I see that that is what I need to do if I want to live a Godly life as he did. The most obvious one is that his life and mine are both characterized by periods of sin and repentance. I like to think that I am similar to him in the way he succeeded at almost everything but I am aware that I’m not that similar to him in this way. Some of the differences I see between us are that he is very versatile and I am not all that versatile it takes me a while to adjust to different situations whereas he just jumps in and it works for him. To avoid making the mistakes he made I need to avoid pornography and keep lustful thoughts away. I would like not to make the mistake he made with Bathsheba in my marriage I definitely want to be faithful to my wife for as long as I live. David handled his mistakes in the proper way whereas I seem to stumble and fall he got up dusted himself off and ran to God.
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There are a few similarities between David and I that I see. I would like to see David’s willingness to repent in my own life, also I would like to show the courage in the face of adversity that he shows I mean I wouldn’t want to face a bear or lion with my rifle much less a rock and a sling or goliath for that matter. In his last days he appointed his son Solomon of Bathsheba to the throne. Eventually his son Absalom rebelled and took the throne from David who then took it back. After this the prophet Nathan came to him and he repented and was forgiven. He shows me that it is alright to mess up that God will always be there for you no matter what all you have to do is repent no mat!
ter what you do God is there and will be there.
All in all it seems like the mistakes David made were similar to some of the mistakes I’ve made.
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