David and Bathsheba Part 4
“….thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.”
2 Samuel 11:24
David’s foolproof plan was working. He received word from Joab that Uriah was dead. David still was not willing to stop the sinful process. He was still not willing to come clean. He was going to ride this out to the bitter end. Remember, we are talking about someone described as a man after God’s on heart. Did David feel guilty? Not even a little bit.
“Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.”
2 Samuel 11:25
David told Joab to not worry about Uriah being killed. It’s part of war. David is in complete denial that he basically murdered a man. Not my fault. These things happen. David has grown cold and indifferent about the whole situation. At this point, David is so far away from God that he cannot hear Him. How often do we allow ourselves get in the same position? Not murdering someone, but getting away from God. How many times have we gotten so far away from God that we have no guilt or shame? We develop the ability to reason out our wrongdoing. We can provide as many excuses as we want to justify our decisions no matter how bad they are. Plus, when we allow ourselves to get in this type condition, we don’t want to hear from anyone who is going to speak against us. Regardless how right they may be in doing so.
With Uriah out of the way, David does the following:
“And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.”
2 Samuel 11:27
David allows Bathsheba have her time to mourn the loss of her husband before sending for her to be his wife. In time Bathsheba delivers David a son. Typically, the birth of a child is a joyous occasion, but as we see in this verse, the whole thing displeased God.
We as people, often want to be left alone in our life. We think that our decisions are our own. We often wouldn’t say it, but we also want God to stay out of it. Thankfully for us though, God is not willing to turn His back on us during these times. He wants our relationship with Him to be the very best that it can be. He does what He has to in order to get our attention. It may be through the Holy Spirit. It may through friends or family. He can be very creative in His methods. The most important thing is that He does it. So, during these times, don’t get upset when someone confronts you and your behavior. Be glad that God, and the one’s that He uses, loves you. Be thankful that He desires you to be close to Him. This is another lesson that we will see David learn the hard way.