Monday's Meditation: Blessed Forgiveness

 

"Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 
 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not count against him
 and in whose spirit is no deceit."
(Psalm 32:1-2)

Embracing Forgiveness
Melani Pyke
Painting courtesy/Saatchi Art

That's a blessedness that's available to every one of us.

Do you know why its available to every one of us?

Because there's none of us that hasn't sinned.

And, in a certain sense, the fact that we are sinners

opens us up to this blessing, because God is

willing to forgive our sins.

He's willing to cover our sins.  

He's willing to count no sin against us,

 if we repent, if we turn to Him in faith.

There are three things the psalmist says that God will do:

He will forgive our transgressions.

He will cover our sins.

And He will not count our sins against us.

But then there's one thing God requires of us.

It says, "In whose spirit there is no deceit."

God does require from every one of us 

sincerity, honesty, openness.

  We do not put on a religious act, 

we do not try to cover up, we do not excuse

We humbly and sincerely acknowledge that we have sinned,

 that we deserve God's wrath and judgment, 

that we turn from our sin, we confess it

 and acknowledge it and God forgives.

Oh, let's cultivate a habit of being honest with God.

Derek Prince
Photograph courtesy/Wikipedia

"Blessed Forgiveness"
A devotional reading by
Derek Vaughn Prince
(1915-2003)
American Bible teacher,
author, and radio host.