Building a Runway (Part 2)
Sermon Title Broken A Journey through Brokenness to become Whole
David’s Life His Journey through Brokenness
SERMON TEXT You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. Psalm 51:16-17
Humble Beginnings
Suffered from “Overlooked Syndrome”
Rose ose to to Fame ame
Became a Fugitiv Became a Fugitive
A Test of Submission What would you do to a Leader who threw a spear at you? 1 Samuel 24:1-11
After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi. ” 2 So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. 3 He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. 4 The men said, “This is the day the L ORD spoke of when he said to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish. ’” Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. 5 Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. 6 He said to his men, “The L ORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the L ORD ’s anointed, or lay my hand on him; for he is the anointed of the L ORD . ” 1 Samuel 24 (NIV)
7 With these words David sharply rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way. 8 Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. 9 He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is bent on harming you’? 10 This day you have seen with your own eyes how the L ORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the L ORD ’s anointed. ’ 11 See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. 1 Samuel 24 (NIV)
David Chose Submission How do you respond to a Leader that is against you?
David’s Ascension to the Throne
David’s “Checked - in” Baggage into the Palace (His Hidden Sins)
Bathsheba 2 Samuel 11
In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. 2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, 3 and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite. ” 4 Then David sent messengers to get her.She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home. 5 The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant. ” 2 Samuel 11 (NIV)
A Tryst that went Awry
Nathan What would you do if someone comes and tell you that you are wrong? 2 Samuel 12:1-7
The L ORD 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. 4 “Now a traveller 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 traveller 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. ” 5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the L ORD lives, the man who did this must die! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity. ” 7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! 2 Samuel 12 (NIV)
David was Exposed
David Chose Admission How do you respond to someone who comes and correct you?
David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord” 2 Samuel 12:13
I learned God-worship when my pride was shattered. Heart-shattered lives ready for love don’t for a moment escape God’s notice Psalm 51:16-17 (The Message)
That is why for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions and in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Christ said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” 2 Corinthians 12:9-11 (NIV)
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