{"id":133,"date":"2020-07-11T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boluak.com\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2020-06-05T01:32:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T00:32:54","slug":"have-you-pulled-back-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/boluak.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/11\/have-you-pulled-back-already\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you pulled back Already ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. In the letter he wrote, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cPut Uriah in the front lines where the fighting is the fiercest. Then pull back and leave him exposed so that he\u2019s sure to be killed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2 Samuel 11:14-15<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Then pull back and leave him exposed\u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OBSERVATIONS :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Uriah did not die because he could not handle the intensity of the battle, but<\/li><li>Uriah died because of the negligence of those who were supposed to support him in the battle zone.<br \/>His fellow soldiers sold him out.<br \/>Those who were supposed to cover him, &#8220;exposed&#8221; him for the enemy to devour him. The paradox here is:<\/li><li><em>the true enemies of Uriah were not those he was fighting in the front<\/em>, but<\/li><li><em>those he was expecting to protect him in the back.<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>We must understand that Uriah was :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">. <em>a skillful,<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">. <em>well trained,<\/em> and<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">. <em>disciplined soldier<\/em>.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>He was one of the best in David&#8217;s army. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But still he could not fight the battle alone, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>he needed <em>a faithful team to back him up<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not that he was weak or inexperienced, the real issue here is not <em>weakness,<\/em> the real issue here is <em>&#8220;negligence&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcccStrong soldiers have died in the field because of negligence,<br \/>\ud83d\udccc Strong soldiers have been fatally wounded in the field because of indifference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we shift back in <em>a time of trouble and need,<\/em> innocent &amp; faithful people die either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">. <em>physically<\/em>,<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">. <em>emotionally<\/em> or<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">. <em>spiritually<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>because of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we pull back and expose our brethren, we become <em>co-workers with the enemy<\/em> and <em>God is watching us<\/em>. God will hold us <em>accountable for neglecting our brothers and sisters in times of need.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes people leave the church because <em>we pulled back in their times of need<\/em> and thus they got exposed to the enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Let&#8217;s be careful not to neglect one another especially in times of need<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Be a true brother&#8217;s and a true sister&#8217;s keeper.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Bear one another&#8217;s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.<\/em>&#8221; Galatians 6:2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am <em>your Uriah<\/em> and you are <em>my Uriah<\/em>, let&#8217;s not pull back and expose one another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I am strong when you have my back<\/em>, you are strong when <em>I have your back<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otherwise on my own <em>I&#8217;m vulnerable and so are we all as well<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. In the letter he wrote, \u201cPut Uriah in the front lines where the fighting is the fiercest. Then pull back and leave him exposed so that he\u2019s sure to be killed.\u201d 2 Samuel 11:14-15 &#8220;Then pull back and leave him exposed\u2026&#8221; &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"http:\/\/boluak.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/11\/have-you-pulled-back-already\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1MvDW-29","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90,"url":"http:\/\/boluak.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/21\/time-and-chance\/","url_meta":{"origin":133,"position":0},"title":"Time and Chance","author":"boluak","date":"June 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Time and Chance Ecclesiastes 9:11 \u00a0(KJV) I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/boluak.com\/blog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":118,"url":"http:\/\/boluak.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/20\/the-girlfriend-i-loved-so-much\/","url_meta":{"origin":133,"position":1},"title":"The Girlfriend I Loved So Much","author":"boluak","date":"June 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"IF THERE IS ANYONE I WANT TO SEE AGAIN, IT IS THAT YOUNG MAN OF GOD WHO MADE ME LOSE THE GIRLFRIEND I LOVED SO MUCH. 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