Folly

David’s folly shows us plainly all have sinned. Even God’s friend some times falters, and not even a little. David shows himself an adulterer, a murderer and a plotter. So many times he sang of those who would snare him, and he does the same to Urijah. What folly lurks in the heart of men!

David correctly sings in Psalm 14, “The LORD looks down from heaven on humankind to see if there are any who are wise, who seek after God. They have all gone astray, they are all alike perverse; there is no one who does good, no, not one.” Not even David himself. He prays, “O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.”

Paul joins David in prayer. To the Ephesians he writes, “I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” O that we knew what it was to be grounded in the Love of Christ, to live his love toward each other, to experience and be messengers of the Deliverance from Zion!