In our text this morning we find one of the saddest and most sobering passages in Scripture. It is sad because it records the fall of David, the man after God’s own heart, in a time when everything seemed to be going so well in his reign as king over God’s people. Sadly, in 2 Samuel 11, it all begins to spiral…

It seemed like an ordinary day in David’s life. His three oldest brothers were in the army of Israel, currently stationed in the Valley of Elah. Jesse, David’s father, sent David several times to check on his sons and to bring them food (1 Samuel 17:15-18). David would go back and forth between shepherding his father’s sheep in Bethlehem and bringing food…