There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

was slain, David married the woman, attempting to cover up his adulterous affair. Eventually the prophet Nathan pronounced a death sentence upon the household of David, calling it the “sword” (of the Lord, 2 Sam. 12:10). The infant who was conceived during the affair was born but was sickly from birth. David spent seven days fasting on his face in the dust in intercession before God, hoping God would reverse the decision and bring life to the infant. At the conclusion of the week David was informed the child had died. What would his reaction be after spending about 168 hours alone with God, with only one petition on his mind day and night—“God, heal my son.” Instead of blaming God, cursing Him for not being just and good, and questioning how God could take an infant when it was the sin of its father and not the sin of the child that angered the Lord, David’s reaction surprised his closest friends. He arose from the dust, washed himself, and “went into the house of the L ORD and worshiped” (v. 20). When asked why his reaction was such, the king answered: While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, “Who can tell whether the LORD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?” But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. —2 SAMUEL 12:22–23 David understood that the soul and spirit of a human was eternal, and death was not the conclusion of life but an exit