David’s double sin of adultery and murder in 2nd Samuel 11 is uncovered and dealt with in chapter 12.
The first thought of a person who is convicted of their sin is always to run from God and hide in excuses and blame shifting. Oh but once we realize that we have run from the goodness of God we will return to the wounded side of Jesus where the guilt and punishment of our sin has been paid for. When we have truly confessed and turned from sin we will place the blame for our failure squarely upon our own shoulders and not on others, it is then that we will truly know of what Nathan told David, “The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.” (verse 13).
Our sin always leaves a scar Christian, and none more severe than the realization that “by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme”. (verse 14) Of all the words spoken to our hearts this is the bitterest pill to swallow and the one which will leave us the most broken. Those words of Nathan to David ought to be engraved upon our hearts so that our wounded hearts will recall that we can only walk in His grace and love! David wrote in Psalm 34:19, 22, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all…The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.”
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