We Three Kings 7

It’s astonishing how easily we spot hypocrisy in other people while remaining completely blind to it in ourselves. We can watch someone cut a corner, act selfishly, or abuse their leverage, and our blood boils. Yet we can walk around with our own quiet compromises for months without losing a wink of sleep. In 2 Samuel 12:1-15, King David has been doing exactly that. Months have slipped by since Bathsheba came to the palace and Uriah died on the front lines. The baby is born, the cover-up worked, and life in the royal court has moved on. Then the prophet Nathan requests an audience. Instead of coming in hot with accusations, Nathan tells a simple story about two neighbors and a stolen lamb. Let’s sit in on this conversation and watch what happens when a defended heart suddenly runs out of room to hide.