Mercy
Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man."
2 Samuel 24:14 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/2sa.24.14.ESV
God had allowed satan to incite David to number his fighting men. We might wonder what the problem is with that. The problem is that David was trusting in numbers rather than in God.
As a result of David's sin, there were going to have to be consequences. David could either fall into the hands of God, or his enemies. Knowing God, and his enemies, David chose the former option.
So Israel suffered an intense pandemic where many people died. Yet David figured that would be better than the incessant war that had plagued his kingdom. Even today, we can appreciate why David chose as he did.
If we had to chose between covid and war, which would we choose? Thankfully, with the development of vaccines, covid looks to be a temporary blight. War on the other hand is always miserably rumbling along in some corner of the globe.
'Sovereign God, please have mercy upon this woeful world of ours. In the midst of the wars and plagues, we ask that many would cry out to You and find salvation, before Christ's return, in whose name we pray, amen'
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