Good Morning Friends,
David sinned with Bathsheba and magnified his
sin by dealing treacherously with her husband.
Then David tried to ignore his sin.
He didn’t want to deal with it.
He didn’t want to own it. He
didn’t want to admit it.
Haven’t you thought the same thing David did,
“If I just ignore my sin, this feeling of guilt will go away after a while.” But it didn’t for David, and it won’t for
us! The guilt continued to eat at
David’s spirit until one day a prophet of God named Nathan came and exposed
David’s sin. It was the best thing that
ever happened to David. He could have
continued to try to ignore the sin. He
could have had Nathan put to death. But
David chose the only way to really get away from his sin. He stopped ignoring it, admitted it, and took
it to God, and God wiped it away! He
wrote Psalm 51 after Nathan’s visit to express his heart to God.
“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your
unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my
transgressions. Wash away all my
iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For
I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done
what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and
justified when you judge.” (Psalm 51:1-4)
He admitted his sin and cried out to God for
mercy.
“Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within
me.” (Psalm 51:7, 10)
He asked for cleansing and a renewed spirit,
a fresh start with God.
And God granted David’s request!
“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a
broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” (Psalm 51:17)
David humbled himself before God in
repentance and God forgave! It was the
only way he could ever get rid of his sin!
And the only way we can get rid of ours, too!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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