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It was this time of year when David remained in Jerusalem.
The spring of the year
The time when kings go out to battle.
This is the most obvious reason to think of David as a hero.
He beat Goliath
This battle season David let these people go out to battle without him.
Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel.
You and I are like David (& the ducky) in this way.
Sometimes we covet what God has given to another person.
When David should have been looking out across the battlefield, he was looking down from his palace on this.
Bathsheeba taking a bath.
When we sin, we can sometimes cover it up so nobody notices except this person.
God. He always sees our thoughts, intentions, words and actions.
Like David should have done, you and I can be careful to do this with our eyes and our hearts.
Guard them
When Uriah came home from the battlefield, he refused to do this.
Go home to visit his wife, Bathsheeba.
Though David is definitely not the hero in this story, you might consider these persons to be.
Uriah and Nathan
Though David decided he needed to kill Uriah to cover his tracks, he also decided to let this person do it.
Joab and the inhabitants of Rabbah.
You could do this differently than David, when you give in to temptation.
Repent early on and don't try to cover your tracks.
When Uriah came home from the battle, David sent him down to this place.
To his house.
One of the lessons of this story is that all our earthly heroes and sinners are separated by this.
almost nothing
When Uriah was killed and David made Bathsheeba to be one of his wives it made God this.
Displeased.
God allows our earthly heros to stumble, fall, and sin, at least in part to make us do this.
Long for our heavenly hero who never caved in to temptation, but resisted so that we could be given his righteousness.
As one of the punishments for David's sin, God would not let this happen.
let his baby live.
You and I would be wise to have a few friends that have our permission to do this for us.
Tell us the truth and/or hold us accountable.
David gave this command to Joab, his general so that Uriah would be struck down.
Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him