You see in order to make the death of Uriah happen;
he had to enlist the help of his commander Joab. Joab wasn’t the type to not
take advantage of the situation. So when Joab made an error in battle by
letting the men get too close to the wall, he used the information of Uriah’s
death to distract David from criticism.
“and if it happens
that the king's wrath rises and he says to you, 'Why did you go so near to the
city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall? 'Who
struck down Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman throw an upper
millstone on him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so
near the wall?'--then you shall say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead
also.'"
2nd Samuel
11:20-21
David should have
been critical. History had shown this was a dangerous maneuver. Joab should have
been reprimanded. But David wasn’t thinking about his duty, he was thinking
about his sin. Since it got him what we wanted David didn’t much care that his
commander had lost good men, weakened his army and endangered kingdom.
Sin does that to everyone. We’ve seen it for
years when smart people do very dumb things in pursuit of or in the cover up of
sin. Politicians, CEOs, stars athletes
who should know better ruin it all by their vices. Ordinary people do it as
well. Sin is a toxic substance that corrupts pollutes and dulls everything it
touches.
Sin is a dark veil
that clouds your judgment. Don’t get hoodwinked by it!
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