Thursday 19 Jul 2018

July 19: Psalm 19:12-14

Key Verse: Psalm 19:14
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Devotion:
I think one of the biggest reasons why people do not read their bibles is the fact that it will highlight the things which are wrong in your lives. None of us like to be told we are doing things wrong because we have a certain pride within ourselves which refuses to believe we can be wrong. Once the truth is exposed, there is no turning back on it. It is out in the open and nothing can then change that truth. There is nothing different about our lives either; once we find the truth about what we do wrong, we will always know we do things wrong unless we change our ways.

King David prayed for forgiveness, not just for those things he had begun to see were wrong from learning through the Scriptures and from the prophet, but for those things he had yet to find out about too. Once we find we are human and that we do have faults, we have a desire to find out more so we can ‘fix ourselves’ – our conviction. It is all very well being able to fix some of the things we have done wrong to ourselves, but what about those things which have affected others. That is where we need to seek forgiveness.

Forgiveness may initially need to come from the people we have wronged, but ultimately the sins exposed against God need to be brought before Him. He allowed His only Son to come to the cross on our behalf so our sin debt would be paid for; through that He showed us His amazing love for us. Christ raised Himself up to show sin had truly been defeated; such is His conviction towards our cause. He waits patiently for us to admit our sins to Him so He can show His forgiveness; such is His dedication to us.

We can know all this from reading His Word. We can know about His love because of all that has been written by so many people over the years. All we need do is read all about it so that we can apply it to our lives too.

Points to Ponder:
How does it feel when others refuse to admit to their mistakes against you?

How do you think God feels when we refuse to admit we are wrong?