spent some time reading about david this morning. actually thats been a lot of mornings recently. i'm currently working through the Bible in chronological order.

today i hit the big sin. many of you know the story. david's hanging out on a roof (apparently he likes roofs) and he sees bathesheba taking a bath. bathsheba is hot, and so rather than turning away david watches for awhile. the story goes on and eventually the sleep together. she becomes pregnant, and david starts to freak out.

he knows he has to cover it up. so he tries really hard to get her husband to sleep with her. her husband is so devoted to him that he won't do it. so what does david do? he makes sure that he is killed.

so out of this sin how many people are affected? there are the obvious...david, bathesheba, and uriah (her husband). but then what else? as a result of the sin and coverup 18 other people die. davids familiy is shaken. and the son born to david and bathsheba becomes sick and dies.

now here's the kicker. why did this all happen in the first place? because david wasn't where he was supposed to be. he was supposed to be out to war with his men. but for some unknown reason he stayed home.

so the sin of not following a simple demand of God's will escalates to lust, adultery, deception, and murder.

so whats the point of all this? i have to examine my life, and maybe you would be prompted to do the same. what are the sins in my life... and who else are they effecting? the body of christ is connected. when a christian sins it affects the whole body. i can't explain how. i just know it does. its the spiral effect. i screw up in one small way, and who knows where it can lead. david had no idea what staying home would mean for the 18 people killed. not to mention their families and more.

all this to say, my prayer today has to be for God to examine my heart and to show me where i am sinning. its the only way to stop the spiral effect.

have a nice day