God is Justified (Psalm 51)
Against You, You only, I have sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak and blameless when You judge. Psalm 51:4
When we sin and we all do—who do we sin against, who do we hurt?
It is a certainty that when we sin that we hurt someone--someone close to us. We hurt those who are closest to us the most because we trust them the most—we lean on them the most.
After the injury, when it comes time to restore a broken or a bruised relationship these are often the most painful to restore. The bruise is deep. The cut is deep. The pain so intense. Time and the salve of love are need for healing.
Yet, with the repentive heart, it is God that we’ve hurt the most. His eyes are ever on us, day and night. His heart is ever reaching… ever searching… for hearts that will serve him, love him, commune with him…
Our sin breaks the fellowship with God. Our stubborn will refuses to bow the knee and acknowledge that God truly is blameless, truly is justified, and trust is.
We miss the mark—the bull’s-eye of character modification that God desires to work in our lives when we sin.
Yet, who has not sinned? For all have sinned and came short of the glory of God Romans 3:23. We all have missed the mark. We all have broken our relationship with God or with others at some time in our lives.
God understands this and therefore has planned for this… by using sin to break our hearts and transforming our brokenness and using it to his greater glory.
When we sin and we all do—who do we sin against, who do we hurt?
It is a certainty that when we sin that we hurt someone--someone close to us. We hurt those who are closest to us the most because we trust them the most—we lean on them the most.
After the injury, when it comes time to restore a broken or a bruised relationship these are often the most painful to restore. The bruise is deep. The cut is deep. The pain so intense. Time and the salve of love are need for healing.
Yet, with the repentive heart, it is God that we’ve hurt the most. His eyes are ever on us, day and night. His heart is ever reaching… ever searching… for hearts that will serve him, love him, commune with him…
Our sin breaks the fellowship with God. Our stubborn will refuses to bow the knee and acknowledge that God truly is blameless, truly is justified, and trust is.
We miss the mark—the bull’s-eye of character modification that God desires to work in our lives when we sin.
Yet, who has not sinned? For all have sinned and came short of the glory of God Romans 3:23. We all have missed the mark. We all have broken our relationship with God or with others at some time in our lives.
God understands this and therefore has planned for this… by using sin to break our hearts and transforming our brokenness and using it to his greater glory.
posted by Michael Byrd at 11:23 PM
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