The act of David with Bathsheba was public knowledge! You probably wonder how can? The following knew of the act:

1. David knew
2. Joab who executed the order to kill Uriah eventually figured it out and used the dark secret to ignore the orders of the king; and
3. The court courier who took David’s invitation to Bathsheba and probably ushered her through the ‘private entrance knew and may have gossiped to other servants in the court.

Most important God knew not only the act but David’s thought of covering up the deed – 2 Samuel 12:11-12 (NLT/TLB); yet confronting David was an act of His profound love for His chosen king. Psalm 32 speaks to the struggles of David:

Forgiven: A poem of insight and instruction by King David
32 What bliss belongs to the one
    whose rebellion has been forgiven,
    those whose sins are covered by blood.
² What bliss belongs to those
    who have confessed their corruption to God!
    For he wipes their slates clean
    and removes hypocrisy from their hearts.
³ Before I confessed my sins, I kept it all inside;
    my dishonesty devastated my inner life,
    causing my life to be filled with frustration,
    irrepressible anguish, and misery.
⁴ The pain never let up, for your hand of conviction
    was heavy on my heart.
    My strength was sapped, my inner life dried up
    like a spiritual drought within my soul.
Pause in his presence
⁵ Then I finally admitted to you all my sins,
    refusing to hide them any longer.
    I said, “My life-giving God,
    I will openly acknowledge my evil actions.”
    And you forgave me!
    All at once the guilt of my sin washed away
    and all my pain disappeared!
Pause in his presence
⁶ This is what I’ve learned through it all:
    All believers should confess their sins to God;
    do it every time God has uncovered you
    in the time of exposing.
    For if you do this, when sudden storms of life overwhelm,
    you’ll be kept safe.
⁷ Lord, you are my secret hiding place,
    protecting me from these troubles,
    surrounding me with songs of gladness!
    Your joyous shouts of rescue release my breakthrough.
Pause in his presence
^8–9 I hear the Lord saying, “I will stay close to you,
    instructing and guiding you along the pathway for your life.
    I will advise you along the way
    and lead you forth with my eyes as your guide.
    So don’t make it difficult; don’t be stubborn
    when I take you where you’ve not been before.
    Don’t make me tug you and pull you along.
    Just come with me!”
¹⁰ So my conclusion is this:
    Many are the sorrows and frustrations
    of those who don’t come clean with God.
    But when you trust in the Lord for forgiveness,
    his wraparound love will surround you.

David could not erase the memory of his transgression for Bathsheba the object of his sin was constantly before him, and Satan would use the guilt to constantly torment him.

How many homes in our society are struggling under the burden of hidden infidelity that has produced indestructible evidence being exposed by DNA tests today? How many a children of God continue to struggle under the weight of hidden and unconfessed sin? Why not go clean to the Lord God today as David did? Hear David in Psalms 51:1-8 (TPT):

51 ^1–2 God, give me mercy from your fountain of forgiveness!
    I know your abundant love is enough to wash away my guilt.
    Because your compassion is so great,
    take away this shameful guilt of sin.
    Forgive the full extent of my rebellious ways,
    and erase this deep stain on my conscience.
^3–4 For I’m so ashamed.
    I feel such pain and anguish within me.
    I can’t get away from the sting of my sin against you, Lord!
    Everything I did, I did right in front of you, for you saw it all.
    Against you, and you above all, have I sinned.
    Everything you say to me is infallibly true
    and your judgment conquers me.
⁵ Lord, I have been a sinner from birth,
    from the moment my mother conceived me.
⁶ I know that you delight to set your truth deep in my spirit.
    So come into the hidden places of my heart
    and teach me wisdom.
⁷ Purify my conscience! Make this leper clean again!
            Wash me in your love until I am pure in heart.

How much longer do you want the mental stress that Satan and unconfessed sin is tormenting you with? Today is your day of salvation, grab the opportunity with both hands. Selah.

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