{"id":2726,"date":"2023-07-27T01:07:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T01:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2023-07-17T18:12:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T18:12:16","slug":"abettor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/abettor\/","title":{"rendered":"Abettor \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, July 27<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abettor \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

She replied, \u201cMy lord, you made a vow before the Lord your God when you said to me, \u2018Your son Solomon will surely be the next king and will sit on my throne.<\/em>1 Kings 1:17<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you ever experienced a sense of complete failure in your relationship with God? We are familiar with the heart of King David, as revealed in Psalm 51, following his act of adultery with Bathsheba. However, I often contemplate the emotions that Bathsheba herself must have experienced. Although the cultural context was different, did she willingly engage in adultery with David? Or was she a vulnerable pawn, too afraid to refuse the advances of a powerful king? Regardless, she would have undoubtedly felt a profound shame for betraying her husband, Uriah. And the consequences extended beyond the betrayal, with Uriah’s subsequent murder. Bathsheba must have had suspicions about David’s actions. Moreover, she too suffered the loss of their baby son. The weight of grief and guilt must have been overwhelming.<\/p>\n

Yet, I firmly believe that Bathsheba found complete restoration in her heart through God’s forgiveness. This is evident in the way she is portrayed in Scripture following these events.<\/p>\n

In 1 Kings 1:17 it says \u201cShe replied, \u201cMy lord, you made a vow before the Lord your God when you said to me, \u2018Your son Solomon will surely be the next king and will sit on my throne.\u201d <\/em>God chose her son to be king after David. And when the time came to fight for her son\u2019s throne, we didn\u2019t find Bathsheba sitting in the shadows, still burdened by the label of \u2018adulteress\u2019. No, we find her filled with confidence, approaching the king and reminding him of his promise to her son.<\/p>\n

In fact, in 1 Chronicles 3:5, we learn that Bathsheba went on to have four sons with David. Bathsheba seems to have become one of the most influential women in the palace! And God affirms Bathsheba\u2019s restoration even more through her descendants. When we look for the genealogy of Jesus Christ, we find two different family trees. Most people believe that one genealogy is the family of Joseph, Jesus\u2019 adoptive father and one is the family of Mary, His mother. And Bathsheba appears in both families! So whether Jesus was descended from Solomon\u2019s line or from the line of Nathan, God chose Bathsheba as a grandmother to His Son.<\/p>\n

Perhaps you\u2019re feeling shame over something in your life. Maybe you were a weak person who didn\u2019t stand your ground and say no to sin. Or maybe you were bold in your sin, like Bathsheba might have been. Either way, God\u2019s restoration is waiting for you. His plan for your life, and the lives of your children\u2019s children, is much bigger than you know.<\/p>\n

Prayer for today<\/strong>: Lord, my heart is broken over my sin. I receive Your forgiveness and ask now for Your cleansing to renew my heart and mind. I believe You\u2019re a restoring God. I give my shame and guilt to You and I choose to follow the path You\u2019ve planned for my life. Use me for Your glory. In Jesus\u2019 name I pray. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thursday, July 27 Abettor \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She replied, \u201cMy lord, you made a vow before the Lord your God when you said to me, \u2018Your son Solomon will surely be the next king and will sit on my throne.1 Kings 1:17\u00a0 Have you ever experienced a sense of complete failure in your relationship with God? We […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2732,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726\/revisions\/2732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}