Bathsheba was a woman caught in a tangled situation. She loved her husband, Uriah, who was away on the battlefield. She was summoned to King David, who wanted her for himself even though he was told she was married. Bathsheba wasn’t the one who started down the road of deceit and sin ensnaring others. Her night with him resulted in a pregnancy David wanted to cover up, and he did so by ensuring Uriah was killed in battle—a story that scriptwriters couldn’t have written better if they tried. It seems so beyond reality. Yet it was the absolute reality of Bathsheba.
God uses all things to His glory. He makes dire and dismal circumstances an avenue to show His greatness. He makes beautiful things out of ugly actions. He brings restoration to those undeserving of His love and grace. God forgives and still makes a way for His divine plans to come to life.
Bathsheba went on to marry King David. She gave birth to a son named Solomon, the heir to David’s throne. And according to the gospel of Matthew, all three people fall into the lineage of Jesus. That’s not a bad family tree to claim as yours.
The beginning of your story and where you are now may seem insurmountable and filled with disappointments and failure, but that isn’t how your story has to end. Just like God did for Bathsheba, let Him restore your life into something beautiful.
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