Edward’s QT, David summons Uriah from the battlefield in order to have him sleep with his wife Bathsheba so that her pregnancy could be ascribed to Uriah. But he refuses the invitation, sleeping in the servants’ quarters until he returns to battle. David sends him back with a letter to Joab to arrange for his death. Question: What have I tried to cover up in my life?In trying to hide his sin of adultery, David was really hiding from himself. He didn’t want to face who he had become after being true to himself and his relationship with God. He restrained himself from killing Saul, who openly threatened him for years. But now he contrives the death of a man who loyally served him. He lost himself to sin.I tried to hide from myself for most of my life. Instead of walking a straight path, going neither to the left or the right, I never went straight. I always had to be right and everyone else wrong. When I made a mistake or caused a problem, I made excuses and blamed others. I covered myself with false righteousness. After my marriage to Kim Jin Kyung, her brother had a terrible car accident and was in the ICU for weeks. Despite being married with a little daughter, he went out with his ex-girlfriend, got drunk and crashed the car. He nearly died. We prayed for him and he survived with physical and mental handicaps. My wife felt he should live with us for a few months. I thought it was a bad idea, but I didn’t tell her a strong NO. After my work and on Saturdays, I took him outdoors to help him walk and did minor physiotherapy with him. During his stay, she took him to the doctors and helped handle many issues that arose from the accident. She fought with him about his attitude and took him to Wooridle, where his spiritual recovery began. Eventually, my wife realized her brother couldn’t live with us and that it had been a bad idea. She did so much for him and continues to do so but receives little praise. I, on the other hand, did very little but was covered with praise for being righteous, for doing what I didn’t want to do, resented doing, and watching my wife suffer without strong intervention to change the situation on her behalf. That’s me—a cover-up job.Application: Stop my cover-ups, tell the truth, and repent.Prayer: Thank you, gracious Lord, for taking my sins on your cross. Let me live your resurrected life through faith and the power of the Spirit.
