Psalm 51;4

(Psalm 51:4) “Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight…”

This is a plea filled with deep understanding of what we all need to realise as we seek out God’s face and come to grips with a truth that is often misunderstood. Although David had caused a married women to sin, betrayed one of his top soldiers, in fact had plotted with his generals to send him into the frontline of battle that would surely take his life, which it did, mission accomplished! And there is obviously much about this epic plot, filled with so much cunning sinful behaviour that we will never be privy too involving those in the wings effected by this apparent tragedy.

Through it all David’s arrive at a conclusion that many find hard to understand; “Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight…” Really? Amen and Amen! Until we get to a place that is filled with admiration for our God above anything else, this will be very difficult to comprehend. But if God allows us to see what David saw we too would arrive at a similar conclusion. As we cut through it all, we are the created and God is the creator, we are His subjects and He is the Sovereign power. He always has the final say and the sooner we can get our heads around this the happier we will be. He is in perfect control. As I have mentioned in the past “perfect” means exactly what is spells out, nothing needs to be done to improve it, if fact nothing can be done, it is PERFECT! I confess that I do don’t have all the answers on this topic, but one thing I am sure of is the brilliance of my God, David’s God! He is so full of perfection; the way He takes what seem to be bad and makes good come from it is mind boggling and unless you haven’t caught glimpses of this throughout your lifetime what I pen will elude you. We must seek out God grace to always be taken deeper. Things are not always as they seem…

With that said the main emphasis must be this, Father God I have wronged you and seek out your forgiveness. Remember it would be a far stretch for us to expect forgiveness from God when we are not willing to forgive those who sinned against us. Regardless of their sin, in order to find freedom in Christ we must accept out predicament whatever that may be.

Here is a reminder of how the Lord Jesus taught us to pray; “forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” If God chooses to forgive us for our rebellion and was willing to forgive us of our sins. NO! He went far further than that He send his only beloved Son the Lord Jesus Christ to live as a man, to lay down his eternal power for a season and then to die a cruel death for our sin. Let that sink in and then out grudges, if we have any will sooner diminish into nothingness. Understand that to the extent that God will give us comprehension and then I ask the question, should we forgive those you trespassed against us?

The point of David’s psalm is not about the sin of others but his sin, and for us to benefit from it we must consider our sin. Acknowledge, see it for what it is and then seek out God’s forgiveness. Although the Christian has already been sanctified; forgiven for our sin as the Lord Jesus Christ has already accomplished that on our behalf. His sacrifice was a once for all time sacrifice and never to be repeated. We have a righteous standing before our God all because of Him. However for us to become complacent with sin as a small thing proves but one thing; we may think we are saved when in fact we are not or it could be absolute rebellion against our Father and then we will certainly be dealt with and that chastisement may be very harsh.

Sin is a very serious concern, God hates it so much that he offered up His son to eradicate it. We must dig deep and find grace to confront our lustful natures that look to remain in our lives, see them for what they are, own them and finally cry out to our gracious God to change our thought process which in turn will affect our behaviour.

The reason for it all is that we want to please our God and heavenly Father. We want to show Him our gratitude, prayer is good but our actions reveal who we really are. Therefore impregnate my mind with the mind of Christ Father God and thank you for lending your ear to my prayer, thank you Jesus for all that you are, and I love you with all my heart.

Signing off

Tyrone