AUGUST 10, 2024 Psalm 51:16-17 You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart— these, O God, You will not despise. When you consider all the different sacrifices and offerings described in the Law of […]
AUGUST 9, 2024 Psalm 51:12-13 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted to You. In the physical world, death is final; there is no do over after we leave this world. However in the eternal world, a man’s soul […]
AUGUST 8, 2024 Psalm 51:10-11 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. These, along with the following verse, are some of the most heart-felt and heart wrenching words in all of […]
AUGUST 7, 2024 Psalm 51:8-9 Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. As was discussed in the previous devotion, David seems to hint that, in acknowledging his sin, he felt as if he were suffering the same affliction […]
AUGUST 5, 2024 Psalm 51:6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. It is typical of us, as humans, to seek understanding and knowledge that resonates in our mind as being sensible and truthful. The problem with this scenario is that what and how […]
AUGUST 4, 2024 Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me. There is an interesting issue raised in the book of Genesis as it relates to David’s statement in this verse. When God created mankind, He created him in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27). […]
AUGUST 3, 2024 Psalm 51:3-4 For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Your sight. As shared previously, I am of the view that the failure to acknowledge our sin is the greater issue seeing that forgiveness of sin is available to us through […]
AUGUST 2, 2024 Psalm 51:2 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies. Blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. There is a tradition that says the prophet Nathan did not go to confront David until […]
AUGUST 1, 2024 Psalm 51:2 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies. Blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. These verses initiate a psalm of David written, according to tradition, immediately after Nathan the prophet […]
JULY 31, 2024 Psalm 50:23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; and to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God. I have long believed that sin in and of itself is not the greatest problem as it relates to mankind and our relationship with God. Of course, sin results in separation between a person […]
JULY 30, 2024 Psalm 50:21 These things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought that I was altogether like you, but I will rebuke you and set them in order before your eyes. It is an understatement to say that God is patient. More specifically, He is extremely patient with us when we are not behaving as we should, […]
JULY 29, 2024 Psalm 50:16-17 But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to declare My statutes, or take My covenant in your mouth, seeing you hate instruction and cast My words behind you?” Are you aware that there are those God regards as “wicked servants”? I’m not referring to the wicked who openly oppose […]
