David Pt. 2

HOW TO GET OFF THE FLOOR

Pastor Hope Flask

September 14, 2025

Main Scriptures: 2 Samuel 12:13-25

Additional Scriptures: 2 Samuel 7:16, 12:5-9, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14, Psalm 51:7-8, Romans 3:23-24

POINTS:

• “If I am forgiven, why is this terrible thing happening to me?”

• Grief must be dealt with, or it will deal with you.

• There is no time limit on grief, but some seem to be stuck in it.

• Contempt = to have an attitude of scorning, disrespect, and disdain for something or someone considered beneath consideration or worthless.

• At the root of David’s contempt is a deep neediness.

• God didn’t grow distant from David, but rather, over time, David gradually became distant from God (slow fade).

• It’s David’s neediness at the center of his heart that makes him a coward.

• We abandon integrity first when God isn’t at the center of our lives.

• “Why do people find themselves on the floor? Because the thing they were leaning on the most was a physical image of a spiritual reality.” -Timothy Keller

• The difference between terrible suffering and suffering that completely overthrows you is where you’ve placed your hope.

• When Jesus is our hope, suffering will hurt us, but it won’t destroy us.

• “We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us: we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” -CS Lewis

• Religious yoke = when you hold on to God’s promises while you place your hope in yourself.

• Grace = God’s unmerited favor, love, and kindness.

• When God is our hope in grief, we will begin to see glimmers of God’s grace in the dark.