Sin makes life more complicated

"The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and asked Uriah to hand it over to him. In this letter he wrote : Place Urie in the front line, where the fighting is the hardest, then pull back Be touched and die !" 2 Samuel 11: 14-15

Sin adds to the complexity of life. Instead of confessing it, it is often sought to conceal it under another sin. Things then become very complicated !

Fish means "missing the target". Whenever you miss the target by not acting as God wills, you make your life more complicated.

Bath-Sheba became pregnant as a result of her relationship with David. The latter tried to cover his fault by sending for Urie, her husband, who was in the war. He wanted Uriah to have relations with Bath-Sheba so that they thought the child was his. But Uriah refused to sleep with his wife.

Then David had to commit another sin to cover the first. He placed Urie in the front line of the fight, where the probability of his killing was very high. David thought that once the husband of Bath-Sheba died, he would not have to answer for his sin of adultery before anyone.

Action for Today

Instead of trying to camouflage your sin, go and confess it to God. He promised to forgive you. Act according to the will of God, so that your life may be simple and peaceful.

Keith Butler

Source (The Thought of the Day)