A Murderous Coverup

The further we spiral into sin, the more calloused we become to its effects.   #daybydaylw   Interested in learning more about becoming a devoted follower of Christ? Go to follow.lifeword.org!   ~~~   We can hardly believe what we are reading in 2 Samuel 11, can’t we? Surely not David. But yes, it is David, walking down this dark path of sin. After hearing that Bathsheba was pregnant, David, still not repenting, takes sin to the next level. He brings Uriah home. And after some fake pleasantries, treats David a King’s gift basket, in hopes that Uriah would enjoy them with his wife and partake in some amorous activities. That way, Bathsheba could claim that her pregnancy was not immoral. But did you notice Uriah’s response? David was dealing with a righteous man…a man committed to his king and to his country. He dare not enjoy one moment of pleasure while his fellow countrymen were out at battle. Here is a man with self-control, which David was severely lacking. Here was a man who was committed to God’s people, which David had abandoned at this point. What a perfect time for David to repent! David is staring in the face of a man who loved King David and God’s people. Uriah had just been told by Joab to be courageous for his family and for the cities of God. And here, his courage and resolve is on full display. And yet David is unmoved by it all, except only to ramp up the intensity of his scheming. Just observe the cold-hearted nature of David at this point. He writes a letter to Joab, instructing Joab to execute Uriah, and he sends it by means of Uriah’s own hand. Uriah is carrying his own death certificate and doesn’t even know it. The cover-up has not ended. The watching world of Israel would have taken notice of David’s bringing Bathsheba into his house. They would have seen this as an act of nobility on David’s part, to bring in the young widow, and the father a child, giving her a continued lineage. He was, in their eyes, a kinsman redeemer. But in reality, he was an adulterous, murderer. Let that be a lesson to us all…the farther we go down the spiral of sin, the more calloused we can become, the deeper we dial in to our own power, and the greater lengths we go to cover it up. So do not put off repentance while the LORD is convicting. It is His kindness and grace that leads us there.