I’m a living witness to what GOD can do in your life when we change our attitudes, and the choices we make by living a GOD fearing life. I just want to scream thank you “LORD” for your grace and mercy. I am very proud to say that i have been redeem from my past by God mercy and grace, but it was because of Jesus that this wonderful blessing came into my life. *Let’s talk: Encourage someone today and share how God has extended grace, patience, and mercy to you and how His love has changed your life! Never forget that we serve a God who redeems. Yes, David and Bathsheba suffered the consequences for their choices and sin, but don’t miss the fact that God in His mercy blesses them with another son… Solomon. Sweet friends, allow others to see your failures so that they have hope that the amazing work Jesus did in your life, He can do in theirs too.Įven though I’m sad about the choice David made with Bathsheba, I love how God redeems that situation. He was more interested in being an example of the amazing work Jesus can do in a life rather than creating an image void of his past and the amazing work Jesus had done in him!! We are all sinners, but don’t miss this important part of our reading today: “But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.”Īhhh… do you see how powerful your testimony is? Paul in these verses doesn’t hesitate to show how awful his sins were. He knows our sins and yet in His grace and mercy has chosen to love us in spite of them. There is no reason to hide from Him or cover up our sins.
He already knows we are sinners in need of a Savior. “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners- of whom I am the worst.”- (vs 15)įriends, Jesus came for us. Yet we read in our verses today that Jesus shows us mercy (vs 13). Through Jesus’s shed blood on the cross I don’t receive condemnation but instead receive grace, faith, and love (vs 14)! He knows when I have wandered from Him like a lamb and He has had to go out after me, for my protection. He knows the darkest parts of me, and yet He choses to love me.ĭavid was a sinner. He knows the darkness of my heart and the struggles that I fight. He knows my sins and He knows my regrets. Reading 1 Timothy 1:12-16 causes me to rejoice in the love, grace, and hope that I have through the forgiveness of my sins because of Jesus Christ! Ohhh but sweet friends, we have Jesus. Jesus is by far the better King. Though God did amazing things in David’s life, David was a sinner… just like me.ĭavid – at certain times in his life – turned his back on God… just like me.ĭavid – at certain times in his life – thought he was more important than others… just like I have.ĭavid – at certain times in his life – was selfish and independent… just like me.ĭavid – at certain times in his life – forgot who his first love was… J UST LIKE ME. Though I don’t like seeing one of my heroes sinning and living so far from God, I believe God allows this story of David to be included in the Bible to encourage us and give us hope. It hurt David’s family, and ultimately hurt his nation whom he was supposed to guard and protect.ĭavid had many successes in his life, but he also had many failures. We can clearly see the difference in David’s life when he was fully depending on God and when he was far from Him.
It hurt Uriah who was innocent and noble. David’s sin not only hurt him, but his sin hurt God.
Many times our poor choices not only hurt us, but hurt those who are innocent around us. At times when I read the story about David and Bathsheba, David and Uriah, and David and Nathan, I almost want to scream at him and tell him to not go out there. That encourages me, fires me up, and makes me want to do the same in my life.īut even though David loved God, he was also a sinner and prone to wander. I like seeing him being humble and trusting in God when no one else is. Reading about his poor choices, his less than admirable decisions, and his selfishness… not one of my favorite topics for this David-loving girl.
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