God uses the consequences of David's sin to get his attention.

And here you're going to see David whose heart is broken in two.

And it is only in brokenness that God will begin to do his sort of restoration work.

King David was a man after God's own heart, but poor choices led to life falling to pieces around him.

Welcome to Leading the Way with pastor and author of more than 50 books, Dr. Michael Youssef.

Today, Dr. Youssef reminds you of a time in David's life when David faced up to his sin,

moving from brokenness into restoration.

Join me in listening to this powerful leading the way message straight from God's

Word.

The story is told of a world-famous violinist who hired the services of a renowned violin makers

of that day.

He asked him to build him the most magnificent violin that he's ever built.

So in its appointed day, in the appropriate time for the violinist to come and pick up his violin, he came to receive

his delivery which he authorized. Taking the violin into his hands, the violinist skillfully

drew the bow across the strings. But then all of a sudden,

great disappointment swept across his face. There was a major problem with the violin.

The quality of the tone did not satisfy his artistic ear.

And to the surprise of the violin maker, the violinists raised the violin above his head and he smashed it right on the table and it broke into pieces.

Then he paid the violin maker.

They agreed upon amount. And then he left the violin maker. They agreed upon amount and then he left. A few months later,

the same violinist came by to the violin maker shop and he was looking around, admiring the

different violins. Then he noticed there was a violin there sitting in the table by itself.

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