Week 13 2 Samuel
After king David had his adulterous sexual intercourse with Bathsheba and then had her husband killed to cover it up the prophet Nathan came to David and told him a story.
A rich man had herds of livestock. His poor neighbour only had a single lamb. One day company came to the rich man’s house and he wanted to prepare a meal for them but he didn’t want to use any of his own animals. So he stole the poor man’s lamb and slaughtered it for his feast.
When David heard the story he was furious with the rich man.
But David got off his high-horse when Nathan told him: you are the man!
It’s an interesting thing to see. How clearly and accurately David judged another guy who had basically done the same thing that David had just done but that David didn’t see clearly or accurately.
It was easy for David to judge the other guy. Things got a little fuzzier and complicated when it came to judging himself.
I don’t know what the hardest thing in the world to do is. But getting an error-free read on myself is right up near the top.
It’s pretty much impossible to be impartial about me, to face up to what I am.
Note: quote from 2 Samuel 12:7 (NASB)