Connect Series: Connect by Picking Up the Pieces (Part 2)

In our relationship series, Connect, we are looking at the lives of Bible couples and the issues they dealt with. This week, we look at the marriage of David and Bathsheba who learned to pick up the pieces of their lives. In this post, we'll look at what brought David's sin to light as well as David's response.

God was displeased by what David had done (II Samuel 11:27). As a result, He sends the prophet Nathan to confront King David's sin (II Samuel 12:1-15). Nathan shares with the king a story of the abuse of a poor man by a wealthy man who stole the poor man's prize possession and took and used it for himself. King David, incensed at the mistreatment of the poor man declares that the wealthy man deserves to die (v. 5). Comparing the story to what occurred between David and Uriah and Bathsheba, Nathan responds to David with some of the most chilling words in all of Scripture, "You are the man!" (v. 6).

Only when David's sin was confronted did he truly confess all that he had done. David was truly sorrowful for his actions (read Psalm 51- "against You, You only, have I sinned"- v. 4) and made changes in his life that would be his pattern for following God for the rest of his days.

But there was still a period of discipline, of punishment, of consequences that David would have to walk through. It would be four-fold and it would be horrific.

In the next post, we will look at the how David (and Bathsheba) picked up the pieces of the lives and how God would ultimately use their story, their legacy, for His glory.