Who are you?

Psalms 51:10

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”

David found it easier to slay the giant than to conquer the weaknesses within his own flesh.

He was a giant killer, fearless before Goliath.

But he stumbled with Bathsheba.

It’s not about the giants we bring down for others to see; it’s the giants we surrender to in secret that truly hinder us.

To the world, David was a warrior.

In the quiet places, he was an adulterer.

No victory in the public square could erase who he was behind closed doors.

How you live when no one’s watching matters.

What you permit in the silence matters.

You may have slain giants by day, but if your flesh reigns by night, your battles are only half-won.

Who you are in private—that is the truest you.

David may be celebrated as a giant-slayer, but history remembers his hidden failures, too.

The private you is never just your own.

It ripples outward, affecting others, marking history.

The private you matters.