David's moral failure does not end with Bathsheba. What starts as perhaps a wayward glance leads to deception, betrayal, and eventually the murder of one of his most honorable and loyal warriors. Like a great fire that starts from a single spark, David's life is on the verge of burning down. What can we learn from David's hard turn away from God?

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For Reflection:

"Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." - Proverbs 4:23

- Imagine David made a list of reasons for and against killing Uriah. What reasons might he have listed in the "for" column and the "against" column?

- Why do you imagine that David ultimately decided to kill Uriah? What reasons might he have given to Joab, his army commander that agreed to set Uriah up to die in battle?

- What do you learn from this part of David's story?