1 Chronicles 21: Consequences

David’s choice to number (count) the people was displeasing to God (2 Samuel 24) and it involved the will of Satan, as this reading shows. Whatever was wrong with it was so serious that the consequences reached into the lives of tens of thousands of the Israelites. My friend, consequences are real—let us think before we act—and let this chapter teach us a lesson about consequences that we never forget.