Psalm 32
Sin separates us from God and only God can forgive us and restore us. In today's verses we see from David's experience (and we know from our own), that when we hide our sin, the struggle to keep it hidden is a difficult one and it often leads to other sin (as it did with David). Thus confession is an important aspect of our Christian life as a means to restore our selves to God...and to others. Additionally, confession serves an important purpose with others as it helps others know us more fully - imagine a world where all of us shared our sin and we became more fully known and hopefully more fully loved as an expression of Jesus love...for us and through us. The Bible is clear that confession is critical. See posts here.
On a related note, I was curious about the label of maskil on biblegateway.com for this Psalm, and found this reference which has some great learning about the Psalms...it appears a maskil is a Psalm that teaches you something....indeed.
My Prayer: Lord Jesus, You are a great God and You have taught me all things..."apart from You I have and am nothing! Thank You Jesus for being such a gracious God! I am not worth such blessings as You have blessed me abundantly. I continue to worry. Please forgive me Jesus and help me turn from my sin and towards You. Help me love You with all of my heart, soul, mind and strength. Help me grow in my faith. Give me strength. Give Lisa strength. Please heal and cure her of her cancer and the side effects from chemo and radiation. Help me lead and serve Lisa, Zach and Dustin...and serve You. Help me understand, be obedient to, and apply Your message for me today and every day.
When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. v3-4
Sin separates us from God and only God can forgive us and restore us. In today's verses we see from David's experience (and we know from our own), that when we hide our sin, the struggle to keep it hidden is a difficult one and it often leads to other sin (as it did with David). Thus confession is an important aspect of our Christian life as a means to restore our selves to God...and to others. Additionally, confession serves an important purpose with others as it helps others know us more fully - imagine a world where all of us shared our sin and we became more fully known and hopefully more fully loved as an expression of Jesus love...for us and through us. The Bible is clear that confession is critical. See posts here.
On a related note, I was curious about the label of maskil on biblegateway.com for this Psalm, and found this reference which has some great learning about the Psalms...it appears a maskil is a Psalm that teaches you something....indeed.
My Prayer: Lord Jesus, You are a great God and You have taught me all things..."apart from You I have and am nothing! Thank You Jesus for being such a gracious God! I am not worth such blessings as You have blessed me abundantly. I continue to worry. Please forgive me Jesus and help me turn from my sin and towards You. Help me love You with all of my heart, soul, mind and strength. Help me grow in my faith. Give me strength. Give Lisa strength. Please heal and cure her of her cancer and the side effects from chemo and radiation. Help me lead and serve Lisa, Zach and Dustin...and serve You. Help me understand, be obedient to, and apply Your message for me today and every day.
