How did David get to this point? Do these horrible series of events come “out of the blue” for David? Can we just chalk it up to a “moment of indiscretion” in the “heat of the moment”?Or, perhaps, are there signs earlier in David’s life that he is ripe for a major personal disaster?
Consider what the Lord warned the people of Israel about regarding any potential, future kings hundreds of years earlier as Moses instructed them in the wilderness …
Deut 17:14-17
When you say “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” the king must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself. He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
Did David heed the warnings in the Law that he is supposed to know so well? Or were he and Israel becoming like all the nations around them? The Fall didn’t occur all at once …
Crumbling is not an instant's Act,
A fundamental pause
Dilapidation's processes
Are organized Decays.
'Tis first a Cobweb on the Soul
A Cuticle of Dust
A Borer in the Axis
An Elemental Rust—
Ruin is formal—Devil's work,
Consecutive and slow—
Fail in an instant, no man did
Slipping—is Crash's law.
--Emily Dickinson
~ What steps am I taking today that could lead to a fall further down the road?
In what ways am I playing with fire? ~
--from Wednesday's class, Oct. 17
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