“Uriah answered David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camping in the open field. How can I enter my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live and by your life, I will not do this! ” “Stay here today also,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next. Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and David got him drunk. He went out in the evening to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.”
2 Samuel 11:11-13 CSB
Our ability to “problem solve” aka hide our sin, is very refined. David was doing everything he could think of to cover his tracks. What a scoundrel…
It stands out to me that even drunk Uriah had more self control than David. Lord, strengthen my self-control (a fruit of the Spirit) so that I can resist temptation or the urge to hide my sin.
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