There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

In the Bible no one won more public victories in war than David. He was the youngest of eight sons of Jesse (1 Sam. 16:11; 17:14), yet he stood face-to-face with a Philistine giant, defeating him and instantly winning the hearts of the nation. From that moment David was assigned as Saul’s armor bearer, warring against the Philistines and protecting the king from threats. However, on one occasion David became discouraged, and in an unwise act he traveled to Gath, Goliath’s home town, with Goliath’s sword, almost in an arrogant manner. He was briefly arrested, faked insanity in front of the king, and was later released (1 Sam. 21:10–22:1). At age thirty David became king and served God for many years, building the tabernacle of David on Mount Zion, a center for continual worship to God. (See 1 Chronicles 15–16.) At the peak of David’s kingly career he became complacent, overly confident, and too comfortable as his manly instinct to conquer was turned away from conquering enemies to conquering a woman. It appears he was at midlife, and instead of going to battle with his men, David was lying around the palace sleeping in late. We read: It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. So David