The Comforting (2Sam. 12:24-25)

9/25/2010 8:38:09 AM

SPIRITUAL DIARY

My Worship Time                                                                             Focus:  The comforting

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                            Reference:  2Sam. 12:24-25

            Message of the verses:  “24  Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and he named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved him 25  and sent word through Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah for the LORD’S sake.”

            God gave forgiveness to David and Bathsheba in giving them a son whom the Lord loved in a special way and he would be the one who will be the next king of Israel.  In verse twenty-four Bathsheba is called the wife of David and not Uriah’s wife as seen in other places. 

            There is one thing that I do not truly understand and that is what is recorded in 1Chronicles 3:5 “These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon, four, by Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel.”  Here and in other places it is mentioned that Solomon is born number four in line of children of Bathsheba and David and yet it seems like after reading the verses for today’s SD that he is the very next child to be born to David and Bathsheba.  Dr. Wiersbe says that David was around fifty years old when all this took place and if Solomon was their fourth child then David would have been somewhere around 55-60 when Solomon was born and David died at age 70 so Solomon would have been a very young king.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  Romans 8:28 reads as follows, “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”  As I look at some of these incidents that are found in Scripture such as what is seen in chapters eleven and twelve of 2Samuel I see this as part of the meaning of Romans 8:28.  When I first started looking at situations like found here I would think that this was all in God’s plans, which it was, but in a bad sense and not in the sense where God was showing His grace and forgiveness and using this and other situations to work out for their good and for God’s glory.  These are very hard things to understand and things that will probably never be understood on this side of glory.

            I am thankful for the grace of God.

My Steps of Faith for Today:

1.      Trust that the Lord will give me the strength to finish the task of helping us to get ready to go to Kauai.

9/25/2010 9:15:10 AM