Occasionally we all need someone to set us straight. I am reminded of a successful CEO who had the
opportunity of going to his wife’s hometown and meeting her high school
boyfriend. The CEO could not wait to see
what kind of guy his wife had dated in high school. As it turned out, her old flame had become
the night manager of a gas station.
After they met, the CEO could
hardly wait to get back in the car and hear his wife’s reaction. “Well, what did you think?” he asked.
She said, “Nothing much.”
After a long silence he could
contain himself no longer. “Honey,
aren’t you glad you’re married to the CEO of a successful company instead of a
manager at a gas station?”
She responded as only a wife
could, “Get this straight! If I had married
Billy Bob, he would be the CEO of a successful company, and you would be
managing a gas station.” Now that is
shooting it pretty straight!!
In our
text, Nathan, the man of God, did not mince any words when he was sent to tell
David that he was a thief and an adulterer.
We read in II Samuel 12:9, “Wherefore
hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? Thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the
sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword
of the children of Ammon.”
David did
not attempt to cover or excuse his sin.
He immediately confessed it. In
II Samuel 12:3 we read, “And David said
unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD.
And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou
shalt not die.”
What to do:
✞ Thank God for the people in your life who encourage you by shooting it straight.
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