Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small

by Mark Batterson

A genealogy is a storyline. And the names listed are the cast of characters. In the case of Jesus, there is one plot twist that hyperlinks with 2 Samuel 23: “Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah.”10 You probably know the storyline but perhaps not the subplot. David committed adultery with Bathsheba. Then he tried to cover it up by having Bathsheba’s husband, Uriah the Hittite, killed. You might assume that Uriah was a random soldier in David’s army, but he was actually one of David’s mighty men. The last name listed in 2 Samuel 23 is Uriah the Hittite. So David used the crown that Uriah helped him secure to betray his marriage and plot against his life. As messed up as those circumstances were, God still begat the Messiah. Even in the midst of heartbreak, God still begets miracles! And it’s not the first or last time. Remember Rahab? That one act of kindness generated a ripple effect that resulted in your salvation!