In 2nd Samuel, David was a faithful servant of God, but he also sins. David had a son with Bathsheba without being married, which is very sinful and David knew that. David first saw Bathsheba on the rooftop of her home. She was taking a bath when David fell in love with her. David was a man of God and should have known better to steal a woman that was married to another man. David wasn’t thinking of anything but what he wanted. He should have had God as his highest priority, but he didn’t. 

When dealing with temptations you should always think of God first and what he says is right. David was very faithful, but one mistake can ruin a life. When David’s son was born God struck the baby and made him ill as a punishment to David. David fasted and begged God to spare the child’s life, but his son died anyway. If David would have just followed God’s rules, he could have had a child with a woman he was married to. He wouldn’t have had to suffer the loss of someone he loved. 

The Bible says God doesn’t go lightly on His punishments Hebrews 12:5 “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by Him, For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He scourges every son whom He receives.”It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?”  and we shouldn’t be mad at Him for it because He doesn’t punish us with anger. He is teaching us. If God doesn’t punish us so clearly that we know we did wrong, we will never take it seriously or learn from it. As Christians we want to know what we did wrong so we can go one the right path again, and God has His ways of showing it. 

If your highest priority is an object or something you do and it’s taking attention off of God, most likely he will remove that from your life or have some way of showing you that He needs to be back on top. At the end of the day, do you want to live life in sin and end up suffering, or follow God’s rules the best you can and live a better life than you could ever imagine? It’s all up to you, but I’m going to choose to love God and obey Him so I can have a wonderful life with Him. I hope you choose the same!