I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on 1 Chronicles 20-23.

    I really struggled with knowing what to write about today’s passage. My problem is that I am not sure what David’s sin was here. I know that the sin was taking the census, but I am not sure why that was a sin. That being said, there is an important lesson for us in David’s response when he was told that he had a choice of what punishment he would suffer. That response was “Let me fall into the hands of the Lord.” David realized that he was not going to be able to avoid the negative consequences of his sin. In that situation he preferred to suffer at the hand of God rather than at the hand of man. David knew that God would have mercy in handing out the punishment which he was due. Let us also throw ourselves on God’s mercy. Let us accept the punishment we are due at God’s hands because we know that when we have suffered what we are due God will relent and relieve our suffering. God will punish us sufficiently for us to learn our lesson and no more.