Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

To the Lord, this chapter begins with David in his pride, conducting a census to

exalt, basically himself, in a way that displeased God. And God said, there will be consequences for

your sin. And those consequences lead to the death of 70,000 men. Like, David's one sin

leads to the death of 70,000 men. The Bible is shouting in this story. Don't underestimate the

effects of sin, the seriousness of sin in your life. And especially as a leader, which is why David

then prays, he says, behold, I've sinned. I've done wickedly. But these sheep, what have they

done? Please let your hand be against me and against my father's house. But second Samuel,

chapter 24 is making clear that the consequences of sin in our lives don't just affect our lives.

The consequences of sin in our lives oftentimes affect others lives. And when we read a story like

this, we need to have a view of sin that is all the more serious that causes us all the more to

run from sin to resist temptation. I wanted the lies of the adversary when we are tempted

is to say that this will only affect us. But the reality is, I think about my life,

when I sin against God, even if I'm sinning in a way that no one else knows about it, I think no

one else will see the reality is that is going to have an effect on my relationship with God,

on my relationship with my wife, my relationship with my kids,

my relationship to the church that God's entrusted me to lead,

my relationship to people around me. You say, how does it affect all of those different people? Well,

my wife's greatest need for me is my closeness to God. Am I walking humbly with God? If I am walking

with humbly with God and obedient to his word, then it's going to be good for my wife.

That's going to be good for my kids. That's going to be good. The best thing my church needs for

me is me walking with Jesus. And the people I interact with today, even people I don't even know,

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