Uriah,the Hero
The Hero Uriah I would wager most people, even many who aren’t Christians, know the story of David and Bathsheba, and with good reason. It’s a powerful tale of a powerful man God had favored and blessed beyond imagination betraying his Lord. It shows that even the best of us can slip up, and that if we return to God repentant, contrite, and broken-hearted, God can restore us no matter how great the sin ( Psalm 51). And yet, because that typically becomes the focus of the study, we often forget a second lesson contained within the scripture. As humans tend to do occasionally, we focus on the negative part of the story and don’t talk about the good. While almost everyone knows about David and Bathsheba, how many of us know the hero of their story: Uriah? Uriah the Hittite was Bathsheba’s husband when she had her affair with King David. He was away fighting in the Lord’s army at the time. It was only after David discovered she was carrying his child that he sent for Uriah, implying th