I did that to you...Lord I am sorry

This is the story of a great King. The mighty King Deo. He built his kingdom on the principles of honesty, integrity and justice. Other Kings far and wide came to learn from his style and they all considered him King above them. In his Kingdom, no criminal was ever able to work his way out of getting his due punishment. He had Children who he groomed according to his principles and he ensured they lived by it. The prisons where full of the vilest of men and they spent their days and nights reigning curses on the King and blaspheming. They had a ring leader, and he hatched a plan. He knew the King would never change his principles but still wanted to hurt him and disgrace him somehow. So he told the King. 

"If your very own son where in my shoes he would be a criminal too, let me test just how good of a father you are? Who are you to judge us when you protect your children so much that they have no reason to be dubious." Knowing what he had taught his children the King said to him, go ahead, do what you can. You will see that my children are true representatives of me. To his utter dismay one after the other his children were seduced by circumstances into evil and for each one, he was scorned and disgraced by his enemies. What his enemies could never have whispered about him to one another was now being shouted from the roof tops because his children gave his enemies occasion to blaspheme.

Have you ever wondered what would have happened if Job had fallen? If he had given up, cursed God and died? This verse below gives us an idea of what happens when we 'give-in' to trials as Children of God who he has boasted upon.

This is what the prophet Nathan told David after he had killed Uriah and taken his wife.

2 Samuel 12

Amplified Bible (AMP) 12 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun. [Fulfilled in II Sam. 16:21, 22.]

13 And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord and given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child that is born to you shall surely die.

...given GREAT OCCASION for the enemies of the Lord to Blaspheme. This message is just a reminder that Jesus died on the cross to give us power over sin. God gave us his very nature so that we can be holy as he is holy. Just as Jesus knew when Satan tempted him that he could not afford to fall, we too must realize that when we sin, the reputation of our Heavenly father is at stake. Pause for a minute and imagine how the devil would have gloated and blasphemed God if Jesus had given up, or if Job had given up. We do not have to be afraid of facing the same fate as David's child because Jesus died to pay for our sins and all the times we will make this type of mistakes.

But even with that: May the enemies of God never blaspheme for our sakes. May our awesome God who deserves mighty everlasting praise not be scorned by out action. May we be strong in the day of adversity and prove him holy who protects us from adversity.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Lord I am Sorry, Forgive me. I did that to you. There have been times I fell for temptations the enemy put in front of me, I was so consumed by the difficulty around me and the desire inside of me that I didn't consider the fact that I was giving the enemy cause to blaspheme. I was disgracing your name. Wash me clean by the precious blood of Jesus. Teach me to stand strong by your power. I love you Lord. 

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1 Corinthians 10:13 (Amplified)

For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently. 

God help us all in Jesus Name. Amen