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EULESS—Don’t let your heart drift from God, Joel Engle, pastor of The Exchange Church in Keller, warned those attending the plenary session of the SENT Conference on April 28.
Addressing his audience from 2 Samuel 11 and King David’s adultery with Bathsheba, Engle said those engaged in the mission are in danger of moral collapse until they get to heaven.
David’s first mistake was to stay behind as his troops went to war, but that decision was preceded by a heart that had begun to drift from God, Engle maintained.
Similarly, when the faithful stop depending on God, prayer becomes diminished and time with God, if it exists, is stale.
“Don’t let your heart play with sin,” Engle pleaded, noting Billy Graham’s statement that David’s sin was not his first look at Bathsheba but his second. Like lust, pride, jealousy and other struggles are deceptive.
Engle also noted David’s disastrous attempt to manage his sin and the collateral damage it caused not only his family but the kingdom.
Speaking of a 65-year-old missionary who committed adultery on the mission field, Engle warned, “You’re never out of the woods until you get home and he says, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.’”
