the thing David had done displeased the LORD.

2 Sam. 11:27

When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Selah5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD”— and you forgave the guilt of my sin. SelahPsalm 32:3-5

The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, 3 but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.2 Sam. 12:1-3

“Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”

2 Sam. 12:4

5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

2 Sam. 12:5-6

“You are the man.”

2 Sam. 12:7

Psalm 51

FOR THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC. A PSALM OF DAVID. WHEN THE PROPHET NATHAN CAME TO HIM AFTER DAVID HAD COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH BATHSHEBA.

1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

Psalm 32:2-3

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 32:8-12

13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.18 In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.Psalm 32:13, 16-18

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

Gal. 6:7-8

“My child, don’t ignore it when the Lord disciplines you, and don’t be discouraged when he corrects you.6 For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes those he accepts as his children.”

Heb. 12:5-6

• God’s Corrects us Privately • God’s Disciplines us Personally • God Punishes us Publicly

As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Whoever heard of a child who was never disciplined? 8 If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children after all.

Heb. 12:5-8

This week read Psalm 32 and Psalm 51.

Questions to ask yourself…

• Is there anything God wants to speak to me about that displeases Him?

• Do I receive correction from others?

• What have I had to learn through experience?