A Drifting Heart

Looking out upon his city, David’s gaze falls on a beautiful married woman, Bathsheba. He burns with lust for her. The king caves and takes her as his own. After Bathsheba becomes pregnant, David sends her husband to the front lines to be killed and takes Bathsheba as his wife. Years later, Solomon, David’s son, writes, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it” (Proverbs 4:23). Faithful for many years, David still drifted from God. David was considered “a man after God’s own heart,” and yet he veered off course (1 Samuel 13:14). David’s story contains a warning: A heart that beats with God’s heart can still drift.