Friday 8 Dec 2017

December 8: Psalm 51:1-6

Key Verse: Psalm 51:6
Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.

Devotion:
When we do things wrong, we know it. When we do things wrong, we know who we have done wrong against. But, when we do things wrong, we don't always know how to get out of the hole we have just jumped into. One things we have to do is to try and avoid getting into those situations; but there are going to be times when we just can't avoid getting into trouble. We are born into this world and we live in it. We get tempted and we give in. Those are the times when we have fallen into the hole and need to get back on track again before it gets us down and consumes us.

David was a man who gave into the sin of lust. He did many things which the people around him would have seen as being wrong. I'm sure God would have given him a few reminders along the way as well, but his lust had taken over his heart and taken him all the way to commit adultery. It was only afterwards that he realised what he had done and how wrong it was. I'm sure he knew what he was doing was wrong, but only after doing the act did it suddenly dawn on him just how wrong he had been. In our lives we do things wrong and far too often it is only after we have sunk to the lowest position do we realise just how wrong we have been.

What we do then is up to us. We can ignore what has happened and try to brush over it, or we can get ourselves right with God again. We need to know what we have done is wrong. We then need to make sure we admit to what we have done – fully, not half-heartedly! Then we need to ask for forgiveness for what we have done. Read these verses again and see just how much king David admits and who he admits it to. See how he knows it is against God that he has committed the worst sin. God laid down the rules and David broke them. He is the one who had to admit to them; nobody else could have done that on his behalf. He had to bring it directly to God, not through sacrifices, but directly to God.

Points to Ponder:
Do you always admit to doing things wrong?

How many things have you swept under the carpet whilst God has been watching?