If you check out the near end of David's life in 2 Samuel of the Bible, you will discover a lonely, sad, disheartened man. This is the great King David? This is the man who paved the way for the temple to be built in Jerusalem? Surely, there's a piece missing. That piece? His personal choices.
We can read all about David's successes in his professional life. The man was a good king. But what about his personal life. We can count at least 8 wives and numerous concubines. What's up with that David? Now you and I know God never told David he could have all them ladies. Obviously, they kept him busy. David had countless children. While David was busying doing what David was doing, he had children at war with each other. You know about Amnon and Tamar? You know about Absalom absolving his sister's name and bringing a quick end to what used to be Amnon? David's children duking it out. Where was king David? The great and powerful king? Weeping alone. David chose not to respond to the chaos that was brewing. The outcome? David's house was a wreck.
There are tons of modern day Davids. Rich, powerful, seeming to have it all together. Yet, a closer, microscopic look would show what goes on behind closed doors. The things we do not want to see on the 6 o'clock news.
What about your house? Are you successful at work but the home life is not so much so? If you succeed at work but don't succeed at home with your family do you really succeed at all? God would place our focus on our families; those that have been entrusted to us for a time. Let's be introspective for a minute. What's the state of the relationships with your loved ones? Is it all good? Or is there trouble there that shouldn't be ignored? Perhaps your spouse and/or children are having a "beef"...resolve it. Perhaps you have a loved one you have broken communication with...fix it. If that news camera came into your home and saw how you and your special folks interacted what would that look like?
Don't be like David and live a glorious public life and a damaged, broken and pitiful home life. It catches up to us. David, ousted from the kingdom by his own son, enters the last season of his great life being destitute, homeless, without a wife or child to love him. Alone. Because of his choices. If we live as if God sees everything and every day matters, we'll work just as hard to perfect our family life as we do to perfect our careers. It's hard work, but then...God never said it would be easy.
On that note, Youngest would like to know what "nog" is. As I contemplated what in the world he was asking us this morning, the Hub said "oh, as in egg nog?" That's exactly what the boy was thinking. "Yes Dad! Exactly. I know what makes the egg part but I can't figure out what makes the nog." Stumped again my friends, stumped again.
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