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David Stumbles

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2022-10-04 [사무엘하(2 Samuel) 11:1 - 11:13]

1	In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
2	It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
3	And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, "Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
4	So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house.
5	And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, "I am pregnant."
6	So David sent word to Joab, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7	When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab was doing and how the people were doing and how the war was going.
8	Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house and wash your feet." And Uriah went out of the king's house, and there followed him a present from the king.
9	But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
10	When they told David, "Uriah did not go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?"
11	Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing."
12	Then David said to Uriah, "Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
13	And David invited him, and he ate in his presence and drank, so that he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

Thinking & Understanding
As the kingdom became secure, David began to rest easy. David, who had always stood on the frontline of battles, rested in the palace. He had relations with Bathsheba, who he happened to set his sight upon, and impregnated her, putting him at risk of having his sin exposed. To cover up his sin, he tried to urge her husband Uriah to return from war to lay with Bathsheba. However, the upright Uriah did not return home but remained in the camp with the other soldiers. David tried to send Uriah to Bathsheba one more time but failed (vv. 1-13).

What lesson is God teaching me?
Vv. 1- 2 God eliminates any opportunities for sin to sprout. While David rested in the palace, all Israel, with the ark, dwelled in booths (v. 11) while participating in the war. David, who rested alone, gave himself over to temptation. Are you finding yourself in a situation that is making you sin repeatedly? What kind of efforts are you making to change this situation or environment?

Vv. 5-13 Sin cannot be solved by being concealed. Confessing our sins can be painful but it eliminates the power of sin. However, David planned an even greater act of sin to conceal his original sin. No matter what lengths we go to, the only way to solve sin is to admit our sins and repent to God by relying on the blood of Christ.

Prayer
Lord, help me not to depart from my rightful place but to swiftly turn back when you expose the wickedness of my intentions.