2 Sam 12:1-13
1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
(KJV)
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One of the keys to an abundant life is how you respond to your TRUTH TELLERS. We all have truth tellers in our lives. Some of us respond differently to those truth tellers though. Your response to the truth tellers determines your fate.
David was king. Nathan was a prophet. Nathan spoke truth to power. Nathan was used by the Lord to expose David's sin. David could have cut his head off. David didn't, David repented in recognition of his sin. David was considered a man after God's own heart. David responded wisely to his truth teller.
Who is your TRUTH TELLER?
How do you respond to your TRUTH TELLER?
Let me give you a true story.
Around two to three years ago, the Hill Ministry grew to triple it's current size. I preached the truth and challenged people to turn away from sin. Over night...sadly....the Hill shrunk by 90%. While I didn't call out anyone personally, while I didn't embarrass anyone or doing anything "crazy", people still ran from the TRUTH.
Do you know what happened after that?
Most of the people who left the Hill....while running away from the truth.....ran directly into personal destruction.
How you deal with the TRUTH TELLERS in your life will determine your fate.
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