Spiritual Growth 2 Lesson 22

sent Joab ...But David tarried still at Jerusalem. And it came to pass in an
eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of
the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the
woman was very beautiful to look upon.
— ii samuel 11:1-2
The Bible is very careful to let us know the chief reason for David’s sin—
idleness. He was supposed to be battling against the enemy, but he chose to
let someone else do that. Instead, he remained in Jerusalem. Eveningtide is
the time between the set of the sun and bedtime. The fact that David arose
from his bed to take a walk at that time of day, shows us the idleness of his
mind. When temptation came, he could not resist it. One sin soon led to
another, and David had to pay dearly for his failures.
When did David actually lose control of the situation, before he called for
Bathsheba, or after? The mind is the battleground of the soul. Every sin has
its origin or beginning in the mind. The battle is either won or lost there!
you BeCoMe whAT you ALLow your MinD To
ThinK uPon
If you allow your mind to meditate upon impure thoughts, soon you will be
impure. In fact, Jesus has warned us:
I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath
committed adultery with her already in his heart.
— matthew 5:28
If you allow your mind to be caught up with worldly things, soon you will
be worldly. If you meditate upon spiritual things, you will become spiritual.
(Romans 8:6)
goD Knows our very ThoughTs!
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged
sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints
and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” Neither
is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and
opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
— hebrews 4:12-13
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