David is the Old Testament's supremely attractive, yet enormously flawed, hero. At his best, he simply radiates goodness. At his worst, David supplies us with the Bible's soberest warnings about the life-altering consequences of sin among those who have walked nearest the Lord. Yet even in his darkest moments, David shows us how God makes great saints out of guilty sinners, through repentance and grace.

As you read along with us in 2 Samuel, may you, like David, learn to call God "mine," your rock through every season of life.