Thursday, May 14, 2015

Thurs.’s Devo - David’s Return

Read: Ps. 32, 51, 86, 122
I may have never committed adultery, or killed someone to cover my sin but I do know the bitter taste of guilt and regret. It will eat you alive if you don’t give it to God. What David did was terrible, but God’s loving kindness and forgiveness knows no bounds. He forgives a lie the same as a murder. We still have to pay the consequences but even those can be sweet when we have a clean conscience before God. David knows this all too well and is repentant. You feel his pain when he talks about his bones actually hurting when his sin was still hidden. It sounds like he had some sleepless sweaty nights of wrestling with his conscience. It followed him all day; his sin was ever before him. He couldn’t escape the sin but he confesses that his sin was against the Lord because it was against His laws and His daughter, Bathsheba and God’s son, Uriah. Only God could cleanse his conscience. David asked God to create a clean heart in him and renew his spirit to God’s. Losing the presence of the Holy Spirit is excruciating to David and should be to us when we know we have grieved him with our actions. David prays for the joy of the Lord to return and give him strength. All God wants from us is a broken and pliable heart.
Lord, help us to be quick to repent and come to You for strength to turn from our weaknesses. Thank you for your lovingkindness and mercy. We desire to walk righteous before You.

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