Worship
Is The Solution
The infant son of David died in sickness as a result of the adulterous affair between his mother, Bathsheba, and his father the king (2 Samuel 12:14). Despite the sin of David, it was difficult for him to cope with the terminal illness and death of his baby. In dedication, commitment, and faithful hope for his son, David besought and prayed to God continually, denied himself food, and fell to the ground, refusing to get up (2 Samuel 12:15). This was his sincere strategy for atonement and attempted participation in the healing process of his baby boy.
David was so dispositionally distraught that his allied men agonized over revealing to him that his son was dead (2 Samuel 12:18). David was seconds away from rock bottom, praying, fasting, and using the earth’s soil as his bed. The men could not fathom what David would do after hearing that his son was dead. They must have pondered, “What depths of despair will he reach? Will he take his own life out of grief and mourning for his son? We love our king, we do not want to see him internally destroyed.”
However, to everyone’s surprise and with great faith, courage, and spiritual trust in the King of kings and Lord of lords, when David heard of the death of his son, he arose from the ground, washed himself, put on fragrant oils, changed his clothes, went in the house of the LORD, and worshiped (2 Samuel 12:20). Worship was the solution and pill of comfort for David’s broken heart. David was a man after Gods own heart because he worshiped in times of travail and triumph (1 Kings 14:8).
In the New Testament the word “worship” literally means to kiss the worthy subject. In essence, through the process of worship, how much of a blessing it is to kiss God, awaiting His delivering resolve or simply to say “Praise Him.” Worship is the solution to our days of defeat and anchor in our days of jubilance. Thusly, throughout all our seasons of life, God is seeking true and spiritual worshippers (John 4:23-24). Remember, you are the clay In The Potter’s Hands. God has paved a way to save you today!