"The Wounded Cry"

"Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my supplication." (Psalms 55:1) If you know how David must have felt, then you can realize his hesitation here; after all, he is the one that has been wronged, you would think his approach to God for help would be a little more direct. However, there are several factors to be considered in this very complicated mess that David has found himself tangled up in, the most important factor being the consequences of his sin. Next time you think about committing sin, especially sin that involves other people, just remember that there are consequences that will result from that sin; not just brief little guilt trips, but long lasting consequences that you will take with you for the rest of your life. David was a really good king, he was a really good preacher, and he was a great fighter, but he was a terrible father; he lacked what it took to bring order and discipline into his home, mostly because his sin that he committed with Bathsheba, but also because he had done something God did not approve of, which was that he had multiple wives. Pretty much all the kings of the world did it, so what was the big deal? Well, let's see; how about because God said not to? (Deuteronomy 17:17) Besides that, it can really cause some tension between the siblings, especially when it comes to the one to inherit the throne. We can sometimes make certain compromises in our walk with God that will maybe not hurt our relationship with God, but they sure can mess up our structure in the home, or our relationship with other people; all those people that look to us for some type of spiritual leadership are let down by the compromises that we make, and they end up most of the time making compromises in their own lives because of it. I think that it is pretty interesting that Peter would word his statement the way that he did, because he must have known that David fell into almost every one of those sins, with the exception of a "busybody"; good thing for him, because that is the sin that God hates more than them all (Proverbs 6:12-19). And if you don't think "thief" is a sin that David fell into, then think again, because what Nathan described was the worst kind of thief, one that took from those that had little, even thou he had more than he needed... "And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given thee such and such things. Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised Me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of the sun. For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun." (2 Samuel 12:7-12)