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DAVID ATTEMPTED TO COVER UP HIS DISGRACE
MONDAY, AUGUST 10
2 Samuel 11

Galatians 5:16-21

 

“…Walk in the Spirit,
and ye shall not

fulfil the lust of the flesh.”

 

DAVID ATTEMPTED TO COVER UP HIS DISGRACE
 
The matter at hand was supposed to be a private affair, but by virtue of David’s office, it was an open secret.
 
David told Joab to send Uriah (the husband of Bathsheba) home. When he came, the king asked him to go to his house and gave him favourable treatment. However, Uriah was a loyal soldier. He knew that it was against military ethics to go to his house and be with his wife when his comrades were in the war front. He refused to follow the king’s instructions and did not go to his house. The next day the king tried to persuade Uriah to go home, but he again declined. The king knew that he was trapped and his attempted cover-up was not working. The Lord wanted his sin to be exposed. David should have known better, but he did not anticipate that matters would get worse. All transgressors follow such to their destruction.
 
David added more to his sin in devising another evil plan. He decided to kill Uriah. He wrote a letter to Joab commanding him to put Uriah on the battlefront on the hottest side and withdraw from him that he might be smitten and die. The evil plan worked, and Uriah was smitten and he died. Joab then sent a message to the king that his plan had been carried out. Though David was in his palace in Jerusalem, he was directly responsible for the death of Uriah. Scripture is silent on whether Joab was aware of David’s reason for wanting Uriah eliminated. Nevertheless, all those crimes committed are attributed to David.
 
Bathsheba was not fully informed of what had transpired that led to the death of her husband. She was also partly guilty of the sin of adultery. The death was reported to her and, naturally, she mourned for him. David was undeterred in his relationship with her. After her mourning period, he sent for her and she became his wife. What David had done displeased the Lord. The grave nature of David’s sins was evident, and it would take the hand of God to restore him.
 
THOUGHT: Yield not to temptation or you will be trapped.

PRAYER: Father, let me follow Thee faithfully and flee from sin.

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