Bathsheba, a Woman Misunderstood: Day 1 - North Coast Calvary ...
Bathsheba, a Woman Misunderstood: Day 1 - North Coast Calvary ...
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<strong>Bathsheba</strong> - <strong>Day</strong> 4, Page 8<br />
Further:<br />
When we face a crossroads in our lives, as <strong>Bathsheba</strong> now faced, we have some very<br />
significant choices to make. We may have cried out to God, “But, Lord, this wasn’t my<br />
plan!” or maybe, “But, Lord, it’s just not fair!” or the classic, “Why me, Lord?” At this<br />
point, we either have to make the choice to move on with our life and with the Lord, or<br />
allow our circumstances to rule our actions and our emotions. The most productive thing<br />
we can do at a time like this is to lay down our desires and allow our all-sufficient God to<br />
carry us into new territory!<br />
One choice <strong>Bathsheba</strong> had to make as she was catapulted from her comfortable home<br />
to palace life with David’s other wives, concubines and children was whether to blame<br />
God for her losses of her husband, her home, her family, and everything that was<br />
familiar and dear to her.<br />
7. Read Deuteronomy 32:4, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Job 34:10 , & Psalm 58:11 What do these<br />
verses tell us about God’s character that would have been important for her to know?<br />
What are the beautiful promises in Lamentations 3:19-23 & 31-33?<br />
8. Read Job 1:6-22 & Job 2:10. What was unique about Job and what was his response<br />
to losing everything he had?<br />
How does he respond to his wife’s less-than-godly advice to “..curse God and die!”<br />
What do verses 10.b and 22 tell us?<br />
How do Job’s responses speak to you?<br />
<strong>Bathsheba</strong> also needed to choose to forgive David for turning her life upside down to<br />
meet his own lustful desires. Extending forgiveness can free us from roots of bitterness<br />
that wrap around our hearts and squeeze the life right of us. From scriptures that we<br />
will study tomorrow, it seems as if <strong>Bathsheba</strong> made that choice to forgive David.<br />
9. Is there a person whose name pops into your mind when the words “forgive” or<br />
“bitterness” come up? Are you ready today to release that stranglehold on your heart<br />
and allow God to set you free by extending forgiveness? Read Colossians 3:13. What is<br />
the compelling reason we are called to forgive?<br />
10. Read Matthew 6:14-15 & Ephesians 4:31-32. What are the dire consequences if we do<br />
not extend forgiveness?<br />
Pray today to change your life<br />
and discover the freedom that comes from obedience in this area!
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