Do you ever wonder what it was like for someone like Nathan to bring God's prophecy to David? Despite us knowing that David was a Godly man, the king was still to be feared. He was a warrior and no stranger to killing and here was God asking Nathan to rebuke him. It is easy for us to say that "when God sends you, you go" but it must have been incredibly hard and yet he did what he had to do. At the time when David had stopped fearing the Lord, there was someone else who hadn't.
The question is, what would have happened if Nathan would have bottled out? Would David have become proud and even more sinful? Would the history of God's people been much worse?
We must deal with difficult situation as they arise and God directs us to. The dealing might be very painful but the alternative is unthinkable.
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