1st Chronicles 21:3 And Joab answered, The Lord make his people a hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
You will observe in the narrative that Joab was well aware of the sinfulness of David’s command, thus it was a well-informed decision that he made to move forward in obeying David. He was quite upset when he did s, but he did it anyway…. 1st Chronicles 21:4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
1st Chronicles 21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab. Lesson [1] God honors deliberate, well informed choices persons make, even if the choices are made with great hesitation and reservation. Even if you had second thoughts, or you were very upset when the decision was made, it still stands as a decision in the courts of heaven, once it was well informed.
Even though Joab hated the command given him by David, and even though he was greatly upset while he was doing so, it still counts as a solid decision in the books of heaven because he was well informed about what he was doing. Again, when the children of Israel clamored for a king, they were not to be left in darkness about the bad things the king would do. All of the gory details were laid bare before them, so that their decisions would be made with a clear knowledge of what they were getting into.
James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!