“Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
And cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions,
And my sin is ever before me.
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 51:2-4
Wow!!!! What a picture of a man convicted of his sin…it took Nathan the prophet to proclaim to David what he had done, though. (See 2 Samuel, chapters 10 and 11). What does this say to me about the way I am to live? Well, first, I need to know my sins. I must ask God to show me my sins, or others to show me my sins and I need to be open to hearing the truth. Secondly, I need to know that my sins are against God! No justification here, I sin against God! And if I hurt someone in that sin, I need to go to that person and ask forgiveness.
“Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners will be converted to You.” Psalm 51:10-13
When David does cry out to God, it gave me a picture of what a right relationship would look like because of what he asks God to do. He would have or be:
- a clean heart
- an upright spirit
- in God’s presence
- filled with the Holy Spirit
- the joy of God’s salvation
- a willing spirit
- teaching sinners God’s ways
To me, a right relationship with God is living in Jesus’ Name! O LORD, I pray that I can have a contrite spirit, giving an acceptable sacrifice to you and living as David lived…knowing my sins and crying out to God for forgiveness and then repenting…turning around and doing the right thing! Amen and amen!
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