Don't Lust After One

2 Samuel 11:1-5


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.
² 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. ³ 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?” ⁴ 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. ⁵ And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”


God asks us to not lust with our eyes, nor covet another persons belongings.  He wants to be the one to give us our hearts desires, but this can only be done when we obey His commandments.  The lust of our eyes can lead to sin in God's eyes.  So the flesh must be killed.  David, while a war was going on with his people, when prayer, fasting, and offering could have been made, was home in the palace focusing on sexual pleasure.  He had a harem of wives, so we see how far the flesh will go to be pleased because he wasn't content with that.  This is why we must love God first, believe in His promises, then deny our flesh for its profits.  God speaks on how we are to act and conduct ourselves in every situation in life through His word.  However, by not placing Him and the word into our hearts with actions turmoil is the result.  God speaks about David's and most men's sin today in Proverbs 6:25, "Do not lust after her beauty in your heart nor let her allure you with her eyelids.  For by means of a harlot a man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life."  I watched my mother do this to many men.  Matthew 3:28 speaks "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart."  God has preordained lives for us that are to fulfill our every want and desire.  Even that beautiful woman who will take care of us for the rest of our lives.  The book has been written with, its laws, statutes, ordinances and commands.  It is now up to us to perform them for a better life and world.  Don't lust after one (Exodus 20:12-17)  “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
¹³ “You shall not murder.
¹⁴ “You shall not commit adultery.
¹⁵ “You shall not steal.
¹⁶ “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
¹⁷ “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”


Blessings to all as we deny the lusts of our flesh for God,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst