Having knowing Bathsheba his adulterer was pregnant, King David called back Bathsheba’s husband, Uriah, wishing him to stay home with his wife but Uriah refused to return home, so David had him fight and killed on the frontline where the battle was the fiercest and the most dangerous. God was so furious with David’s wicked acts that he sent his prophet Nathan to rebuke David. In 2 Samuel 12:7-9 Nathan said, “The Lord, the God of  Israel, says, ‘I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul. I gave you his house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more. Why, then, have you despised the word of the Lord and done this horrible deed.” David then would suffer terrible consequences of the crime he had committed.

David’s awful mistake reminds us that we don’t take any credit from we’ve achieved. King David thought that he had the right to get what he wanted and enjoyed his life after defeating his enemies and becoming king of Israel. Instead God told him it was he that had given him victory and anointed him king of Israel. He should honor the Lord, the God of Israel, to obey his work and not to sin against him.

As Christians do we keep numbering our achievements or counting God’s blessings pouring upon us? Let us not forget the Lord God who is the one to deliver us and exalt or pomote us to high positions.