Wednesday 18 Sep 2013

Wednesday Reading: Psalm 51:7-15

Key Verse: Psalm 51:10
10  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Devotion:
There is nothing that will get you down more than sin. When we invite sin into our lives or hang on to it we continue to be dragged down into what can only be described as a pit of despair. Does that sound over-dramatic? Well it will only be when you try it out for yourself that you find out the truth about sin. Just as David found out the hard way, we too will find out the hard way; sin brought into your life will never be able to be covered up because it corrupts from the inside out.

Sin does not just get you a bit dirty like mud does; instead it eats at your soul from the inside and breaks you down without you realising it. David probably thought that he was on top of the world after being with what he thought was the most beautiful of women, but what he found out was that he was being eaten up from the inside especially after the prophet Nathan told him of his sin. It was at that moment that he realised that God knew everything and the feeling that was breaking his heart was the guilt of the sin he had invited into his life!

We can look at all that Christ has done for us and know that we will have forgiveness when we ask it from our hearts. This is what David was realising as well; our creator God is the one who forgives us and the only thing keeping us away from that forgiveness is the sin that we hang on to. David knew he had to release the sin by admitting it before God. His immediate fear was that God was not going to forgive him, but the more that he looked at what God had done for us all from the beginning of time, the more he realised that God has been trying to get us to ask for forgiveness because He wants to forgive us!

We are the ones who hang on to our sin and we refuse to bring it before God; but by trying to hide our sin we are saying that God is not able to forgive us. There is nothing God cannot do and there is no sin God cannot forgive. He is the only one who can separate us totally from our sin debt, but we are the ones who have to admit to our sin in the beginning. We need to let go of our sins by bringing them before God and humbly and honesty admitting to them. Christ wants that joy of salvation to fill our souls and the only way we can get that joy is to allow Him to get rid of our sin doom and gloom by giving it to Him to take away from us.
 
Points to Ponder:
Do you try to hide your sin?

Do you not trust God totally?