132 - "What Cry Comes From My Deepest Center?" 2 Samuel 10-12; John 3:1-15

David sends a faithful warrior to this place, his death.

The man who refused to go home to his wife,

camped on David's doorstep to protect his kingdom.

What on earth came from David's deep center?

2 Samuel 11:1 ... Then it happened ...

When kings go out to war ---
Privileged David stays home --- wonder why.
David was in the wrong place at the time he saw Bathsheba indiscreetly.
And she now carries his child.

So, he sends her faithful king's servant to the front lines.
The fiercest of battles.

Take. him. out.

Chilling.

The David who just wrote the beautiful prayer to Divine Providence.
The David who just hid in caves protected by Divine Providence.
The David who waited for Divine Providence to crown him.

What happens to us to get our attention?
Those Nathan moments when this Word of God reads our hearts.

This. David.

He is a man after God's heart. And we watch this story.
There is a cry for God's holiness arising from his deepest center.

It will be louder than the cries of shame and fear and privilege. 

PHOTO:  The Cross. What arises from my soul?