Looking In The Fridge

Synopsis     2Sam 11:1-10     12/8/2018 

The war continued with the Ammonites. One year, King David sent the army to besiege Rabbah in Ammon. So, Joab led the campaign. And David remained in Jerusalem.  

David lusted after a woman he saw while strolling on his rooftop. Her name was Bathsheba. Although she was the wife of an important and extremely loyal soldier in the army, David brought her to his palace. And then, he had relations with her. After that, she became pregnant.  

As a result, David hatched a plan to cover his deed.  Bathsheba’s husband was a Hittite named Uriah. So, David ordered Uriah to return to Jerusalem from the battlefield. Thinking that Uriah would sleep with his wife, David kept him in Jerusalem overnight. But Uriah slept with the other soldiers at the palace. And this foiled David’s coverup plan. 

David on the Rooftop 

What was David doing on the rooftop? 

In the middle of the night, he was looking for the satisfaction that only God can give.  

Looking In The Fridge 

So I’m awake and it’s 2:30 in the morning. And, I can’t sleep. So what do I do? I look for satisfaction in the fridge. Or I look for satisfaction on the television. Or I surf on my smartphone.  

But Jesus is not in the fridge. And God only makes a rare appearance on the television. What’s more, He is infrequently found on my smartphone.  

And yet, He was what I was looking for the whole time.  

“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” Augustine of Hippo – Confessions