David Exhibits Some Signs of Depression

509 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 2Sa 11:26,27, “When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 27 And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. (2 Sam 11:26,27) Something very striking about this sequence of events is how rapidly everything has unfolded. There was the actual tryst between David and Bathsheba, and then within a month, she discovers she is pregnant. David immediately calls Uriah home from the battle. He stays home for two days, is sent back to the battle and is killed almost immediately. Bathsheba mourns for her husband which was usually a 7 day event, and then David marries her. Just around 42 days from the lustful glance to marriage. What a whirlwind of sin in a short span of time. Adultery, murder, trickery, lying and it looks like they are going to get away with it! With this kind of expediency, the whole nation may be led to believe that the child that Bathsheba is carrying is “legitimately David's! Yes everything is looking good on the outside, but things weren't going so well for David on the inside as we read in Ps 32:3,4 “When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah Seems to me that David was exhibiting the signs of depression. These symptoms surfaced because he “kept silent” about his sin with Bathsheba, and the idea of keeping silence here is sweeping it under the rug. But look what happens when David confesses those sins Ps 32:1,2 says, “ Blessed (the word means Oh how very happy) is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit. I'm not saying that secret sin is the sole cause of depression, but it might be a place to start. One thing for sure, there is joy in knowing God's forgiveness, and God is more than willing to help us unearth those sins and be set free. Ps 19:12 says, “Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults.' A great prayer for all of us.