03/02/2026
THE SECRET PLACE DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
FULL FAITH AND FIRE EVANGELICALS
TOPIC: THE LIFE OF PROPHET NATHAN (4}
(A FRIEND AND A COMFORTER)
AUTHOR: PST. ISRAEL AKINSOYINU
DATE: TUESDAY, 3RD FEBRUARY, 2026
TEXT: And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8
EXPOSITION:
In continuation of the story in the Book of Second Samuel chapter 12 to 35, we could see another character of Prophet Nathan. After telling David his sins and reprimanded him grievously, seeing that David has genuinely acknowledged his sins and surrendered to God, Prophet Nathan comforted and uplifted a broken friend. He was not judgmental. When David said, “I have sinned,” Nathan replied him with a message of hope: “And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.” Of course, the child that resulted from David’s adulterous and murderous act died; yet, in God’s mercy, Bathsheba had another child for David. When this was born, Nathan came again with a comforting message about the love of God for the family, especially the child.
Nathan left David’s sin where it belonged, in the past. He did not continue to remind him of his mess. His focus was now on the hope of the future, on this young child Solomon (Jedidiah). His words were intended to build up his friend David and encourage him in the LORD, not a reminder of past failures. We serve a God who forgives and forgets. If the LORD does so, then we as His people need to also leave past wrongs that have been confessed and forgiven where they belong.
Beloved, many of our Christian fallen heroes have been left to rot away in the hands of satan simply because of our judgmental approach to them. Many of them would have loved to get back on their spiritual feet, but no one was loving enough to wrap their hands around them to get them back. In fact, due to this judgmental approach, many fallen heroes have died and some have taken their own lives. We can do better in the body of Christ. Let’s cultivate the habit of leaving people’s past where it belongs when they have genuinely repented and Christ has forgiven them. While it is humanly difficult to forget people’s past deeds, it is godly and God’s desire, that we let the past be gone.
FAITH DECLARATION: I WILL UPLIFT PEOPLE AND NOT SINK THEM
PRAYERS:
I receive the grace to uplift others, in the name of Jesus.
Father, give me fervent charity to help the backslidden back to God, in Jesus name.
PLATFORMS:
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