Political debates typically involve only why you should vote for the person while excluding why you shouldn’t. I’ve never seen any candidate issue press releases speaking about all the reasons why you shouldn’t vote for them. But the biblical record is not about a campaign that elevates man’s goodness and why he is worthy of God’s love and attention; it is about ordinary people who do incredibly dumb things and how God continues to work in their lives to accomplish His purposes. Consider these folks:
•Noah a man full of grace in the eyes of the Lord got drunk
•Abraham the great man of faith twice lied about his wife calling her his sister
•Jacob the man who would be called Israel (ruled by God) lied to his father to deceive his brother to obtain the birth right
•Moses the great leader and deliverer of Israel twice lost His temper the first time killing a man, the second time misrepresenting the nature of God
•David a man after God’s heart commits adultery and murder
•Peter the rock, loses his courage and denies Jesus three times in one night
Man I feel better about myself already! It would take David nine months before he would come clean about his sin and only after the Lord revealed to his friend Nathan. And though he would be forgiven he would suffer the consequences of his actions the rest of his life. “The good things God has for us have been paid for in advance, but the things of the flesh that we pursue are paid for on the installment plan.”
David did what many do concerning their lives and compromise he compartmentalized God’s word by disregarding its clear teaching or perhaps he thought, “Hey I’m off duty” so he indulged himself with a thought, and a thought led to a look and a look developed into a desire and a desire formed into an action!