One evening King David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself,she was very beautiful. So it began with just one look,as he looked at this beautiful woman he was smitten,desire took over, sinful desire..It is said eyes are the windows of the soul, they are also the windows to our sinful hearts,surely that does not mean the man after God's own heart oh yes,it means David,and it means all of us.When the hymn the words,Amazing grace, that saved wretch like me,he meant it,we are all wretches, as we will see ,as we look at what followed that one look. None of us ,yes I say, none of can appreciate the depths we can fall morally.One look was followed by a headlong pursuit to fulfill his sinful desires,and he was determined that nothing would stop him.He was told that she was a married woman,that didn't stop him,and her husband was one of his bodyguards ,Uriah the Hittite,that didn't stop him. So he unashamedly sent for her,slept with her ,then she returned home,and that was that,his one night stand was over. We will consider this further next time, I will leave you with these words from Numbers 32 v 23.'Be sure that your sin will find you out',there is no escape from the consequences of our sins,as David would find out.
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