Nathan said to David, "You are the man!"
2 Samuel 12:7
My daughter came home from school one day with a brain teaser. See if you can figure it
out.
Imagine that you are a school bus driver. A red-haired student gets on the bus and begins
combing her hair with a green brush. At the next stop two more students get on and say in
passing that they like the color of the driver's new blue cap. As they walk to the rear of
the bus, the shorter of the two shouts back, "I wouldn't let that red-head stay on
the bus if I were you. Her brush clashes with your hair!" What color is the bus
driver's hair? Think about it. Remember, you are the bus driver. (Answer: your hair
color.)
If you didn't see yourself in that story until I told you, you're not alone. King David
made a similar mistake with another story. He became furious when a prophet of God told
about a rich man who stole a poor man's pet for his dinner. Yet it became very clear as
Nathan bluntly said to David, "You are the man!" (2 Samuel 12:7).
We can read the Bible but fail to see ourselves in the picture. We tend to forget that the
Bible was "written for our admonition" (1 Corinthians 10:11). Do you see
yourself in the pages of Scripture? How long since you've realized how personal these
letters from God are to you?
-MRDII
Your heart and conscience cannot safely guide,
For they are darkened by the sin inside;
But if you want to have a picture true,
The Word of God will mirror what is you.
-Hess
The Bible gives us a picture of who we really are.