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THE VULNERABILITY OF THE HUMAN HEART
LORD’S DAY, AUGUST 9
2 Samuel 11

Jeremiah 17:7-10

 

“The heart is
deceitful above all things,

and desperately wicked…”

 

THE VULNERABILITY OF THE HUMAN HEART
 
The events here reveal that “the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked” (Jer 17:9). It spells out the depravity of the human heart. David knew all these but he was blinded in that hour, so that he could not see the grave consequences of his actions.
 
David learned that the woman in question was Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite. Uriah was one of the faithful soldiers of David and, at that time, he was away with Joab fighting for the nation in Ammon. David was aware of Uriah’s absence. He sent messengers and they took her to him. After David committed adultery with Bathsheba, he took it easy as if nothing happened. However, it was a disgrace for him as this was not hidden from his servants. Besides losing their respect for him, David would go to commit more sins. He tried to remedy sin by sinning more. Consequently, out of that union, the woman conceived. It must have been after one or two months that she sent a message to David that she was with child. It is a paradox that, years later, Solomon (a son of Bathsheba) became king of Israel. His greatest weakness turned out to be a love for many women. (The folly of being entangled with strange women is taught in the Book of Proverbs.)
 
Coming back to David, David was in a dilemma. The more he tried to cover up, the more he added to his sin. Times of loneliness are times of temptation. David thought that everything was concealed, but this act that led to another was indeed an instrument of the wicked one. He should have known better, but he did not flee from the temptation to sin.
 
THOUGHT: The only remedy for sin is repentance towards God.

PRAYER: Save me, O Father, from the deathly poison of sin.

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