Thou art the man

“And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man …” - 2 Samuel 1v7

Things went along nice and smoothly for King David. He had covered over his sin and things were back to normal in the palace with yet another wife.

One day the prophet Nathan came to see the king. He told him a story about a rich man who had taken advantage of a poor man by taking his sheep. The king’s response was justifiable anger – “The man must be killed for his action!”

The Nathan said for little words that must have hit David like a ton of bricks – “You are the man!” One can almost sense David’s feelings when he heard these words. He knew immediately what Nathan was talking about. The sin he thought he had so carefully hidden was now out in the open. He could not hide them from God and now his sin was to be judged.

I recently saw a television programme about a man who had killed another twenty years previous to the story. At the time of the murder he was on drugs, but had sorted his life out. Eventually however, due to a thorough investigation of the crime scene the facts time to light and the murderer went to jail. This was a very clear picture of a Bible truth David had forgotten, “Be sure your sins will find you out!”