Power for Abundant Living

That Man May Be Perfectthat little lamb was so precious to him that he took itto the table with him and he took it to bed with him;he mothered it in his bosom. You tell him that story.Tell him how the rich man once had a visitor. Andinstead of taking one of his own sheep to feed hisvisitor, the rich man went over to the neighbor andpicked up his one lamb and butchered it."So Nathan went to see David and he said, "KingDavid, something terrible happened in this kingdom.A rich man had company coming, and do you knowwhat this man did? He went over to his neighbor andgot that one little lamb that was so precious, the onlything the poor neighbor had, and he brought it to hishome and slaughtered it." Nathan told David thewhole story. David became very angry and he said toNathan, "You tell me who the man is. Give me hisname and I'll have his head chopped off." Nathanlooked David right in the eye and he said to him,"You are the man."How would you like to have been Nathan? IfNathan had gone down there with any other story, doyou know what would have happened to him? Davidwould have had Nathan beheaded. But God toldNathan what to say so that David would trap himself.The moment David said, "Let me know who it is,"Nathan said, "You are the man." At that momentDavid recognized the truth of what Nathan was87