-Fifty Three- Solomon

Solomon

Today’s Reading: 2 Samuel 12:24-25

Focal Verse: 2 Samuel 12:24b

Now the LORD loved him.

I have known Christians who were haunted by guilt from a sin they had committed years earlier. They had repented, but they were still living in the past instead of the glorious present of God’s forgiveness.

From this story, I can say with confidence that God doesn’t dwell on our repented sin and neither should we. David and Bathshebas’

marriage began out of sin. Their first child even died as a consequence of that sin. But God took something that began out of sin and brought a blessing from it – Solomon, and the Bible tells us that God loved him.

As believers, we should not live in the past. When we sin, we should repent, and then we should trust that the God of grace can take even the circumstances of our sin and bring good out of it. As it says in Romans 8:28, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”

Are you living in guilt from sin in your past? Ask God’s forgiveness, if you haven’t already, and accept His forgiveness if you have. Let the God of grace bring good out of the circumstances of your life.