Apathy, Boredom & Curiosity
May 14th, 2008
In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, "Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?" So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house. And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, "I am pregnant." - 2 Samuel 11:1-5 (ESV)
Three phrases came to mind when I read this… “Apathy ‘atrophies’ me, Boredom betrays me, and Curiosity crushes me.” David’s apathy, boredom and curiosity all led to a situation that tempted David, in which he was deceived that led to despair and destruction.
Instead of being engaged in life—fighting as a king, he was apathetic (no passion) with respect to his calling. Instead of battling the enemy, he invited the enemy of his soul to betray him. Instead of charging ahead in the things of God, he wondered into the field of compromise that crushed him.
To remain…to not make progress…to coast…to become complacent…is deadly. Too much unaccountable free time on my hands is a recipe for disaster.