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2 Samuel 11: ¡Nunca bajes la guardia!
2 Samuel 11:1-11:
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Este es uno de los episodios más oscuros y lamentables en la vida de David. Este fue uno de los pocos errores que cometió David pero el más grave porque le trajo severas consecuencias nefastas por muchos años en su reino, especialmente sobre su familia, ya que ¡David quebrantó todos los diez mandamientos en una sola acción!
Todo comenzó cuando él descuidó su posición como líder del pueblo, y debería haber estado al frente del ejército liderando. En cambio, se quedó relajándose, contemplando su reino desde un balcón. y después, vio a una mujer practicando el acto del lavamiento de la purificación, y la codició. En vez de rechazar ese pensamiento y deseo de la carne, cayó en la tentación. Pero antes de llamarla a su palacio para fornicar con ella, alguien de su palacio le advirtió que ella era esposa de uno de sus mejores líderes militares, y uno de sus mejores amigos. Por arrogancia David ignoró esa advertencia. Esto nos enseña a que siempre que estemos pasando por una tentación, Dios siempre va a poner en nuestro camino algo o alguien que nos advierta sobre la grave decisión que vamos a tomar. Nadie que haya caído en pecado, que haya destruido su matrimonio o su hogar, puede decir que nadie le enseñó o le advirtió.
Ni el pensar que iba a pecar trayendo a una mujer casada a su lecho, ni el pensar que era su amigo al que iba a traicionar, ni el pensar que iba a cometer un pecado clarísimo delante de Dios, David decidió continuar con dejarse guiar por sus impulsos y sus deseos, y no pensó en las consecuencias.
David supo que embarazó a la mujer pero él pensó que podía arreglar este problema a su manera, engañando al esposo para que se fuera a casa a acostarse con su mujer pero él no quiso, pues su honor y lealtad no le permitía pasar ni una noche con su esposa porque estaban en tiempo de guerra. Como David no pudo convencerlo para que tuviera relaciones con su esposa, lo mandó a matar, poniéndolo en el campo de batalla y ordenó que lo dejaran solo.
Él pensó que haciendo esto podría casarse con la mujer y así nadie sabría lo que pasó, pero Dios sí lo vió y le desagradó esta acción.
Mañana veremos las múltiples consecuencias fatales que trajo a la familia de David, pero hoy podemos aprender a que ¡no debemos bajar la guardia! No te confíes cuando las cosas te están saliendo bien. No permitas que un deseo carnal tome control de tu vida. No te engañes pensando que podemos engañar a Dios y ocultar nuestro pecado. Que cuando alguien se acerque con valentía y amor para confrontarnos y advertirnos de alguna decisión loca o mala que vayamos a cometer, es mejor escucharlo que ignorarlo con una actitud arrogante. Que cuando uno falla e intenta arreglar la situación sin arrepentirse ni confesando la falta, esto va a acarrear más problemas. Es como cavar tierra formando un hoyo para tapar otro hoyo. Seamos prudentes, estemos en posición de alerta, luchemos por nuestra familia, enfócandonos en lo eterno y no en lo temporal. Cualquier lucha o crisis espiritual o emocional que estés pasando, supérala haciendo lo correcto, y no tomando alguna decisión impulsiva que después traerá consecuencias dolorosas, nefastas y hasta fatales.
Recuerda el consejo del apóstol Santiago:
"Dichoso el que hace frente a la tentación; porque, pasada la prueba, se hace acreedor a la corona de vida, la cual Dios ha prometido dar a quienes lo aman." (Santiago 1:12).
Soy Eduardo Rodríguez.
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2 Samuel 11: Never let your guard down!
2 Samuel 11:1-11:
It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house. And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.” Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David. When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered. And David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah departed from the king’s house, and a gift of food from the king followed him. But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his Lord, and did not go down to his house. So when they told David, saying, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Did you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?” And Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my Lord Joab and the servants of my Lord are encamped in the open fields. Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.”
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This is one of the darkest and most lamentable episodes in David's life. This was one of the few mistakes that David made, but the most serious because it brought severe disastrous consequences for many years in his kingdom, especially on his family, since David broke all the ten commandments in a single action!
It all started when he neglected his position as the leader of the people, and he should have been at the head of the leading army. Instead, he was left relaxing, gazing at his kingdom from a balcony. And later, he saw a woman practicing the act of purification washing, and he coveted her. Instead of rejecting that thought and desire of the flesh, he fell into temptation. But before he called her to her palace to fornicate with her, someone from her palace warned him that she was the wife of one of his best military leaders, and one of her best friends. Out of arrogance David ignored that warning. This teaches us that whenever we are going through a temptation, God will always put something or someone in our path to warn us about the serious decision we are going to make. No one who has fallen into sin, who has destroyed their marriage or his home, can say that no one taught or warned them.
Neither thinking that he was going to sin by bringing a married woman to his bed, nor thinking that it was his friend he was going to betray, nor thinking that he was going to commit a very clear sin before God, David decided to continue letting himself be guided by his impulses and his desires, and did not think about the consequences.
David knew that he got the woman pregnant but he thought he could fix this problem his way, by deceiving the husband so that he went home to sleep with his wife but he did not want to, because his honor and loyalty did not allow him to spend even one night with his wife because they were in time of war. Since David could not convince him to have relations with his wife, he ordered him to be killed, putting him on the battlefield and ordering that he be left alone.
He thought that by doing this he could marry the woman and thus no one would know what happened, but God did see him and he disliked this action.
Tomorrow we will see the multiple fatal consequences that it brought to David's family, but today we can learn that we must not let our guard down! Don't trust yourself when things are going well for you. Don't allow a carnal desire to take control of your life. Don't be fooled into thinking that we can fool God and hide our sin. That when someone comes up with courage and love to confront us and warn us of some crazy or bad decision that we are going to make, it is better to listen than to ignore with an arrogant attitude. That when one fails and tries to fix the situation without repenting or confessing the fault, this is going to cause more problems. It is like digging earth to form a hole to cover another hole. Let's be prudent, let's be alert, fight for our family, focusing on the eternal and not on the temporary. Whatever spiritual or emotional struggle or crisis you are going through, overcome it by doing the right thing, and not making some impulsive decision that will later bring painful, dire and even fatal consequences.
Remember the advice of the apostle James: "Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him." (James 1:12).
I'm Eduardo Rodríguez.
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