Sunday, July 9, 2017

Reflections in Psalm 32

"Happy is the one whose sin is forgiven,"
Blessed is the one, with open heart, receives the great mercy of God.
When we try to act as though we have no sin,
no need for mercy,
we shrivel up on the inside.
"My vitality was turned to the drought of summer."
Why?  What deception in our human hearts that cause us to shrink from the thing
that really brings us life!
But oh, the joy, the relief of confession and forgiveness!
My dead and shriveled soul revived.  My darkened heart, filled with light!
Everyone needs to seek God in this way, while there is still time, still breath.

Merciful God, You are my hiding place,
the place I am safely at home.
Lord, you surround me with mighty and mercy-filled songs of deliverance.
(Oh, to hear the Voice of the One who spoke the world into being.
He sings over me!!)
You don't leave us to figure it out alone.
You instruct.
You guide.
Interestingly, you "guide with your eye."
Meaning we must be near you, watching, intentional to see your guidance.

We must not be like horses, that must be harnessed with bit and bridle-
wild, willful, resistant, aloof.
You desire willing submission,
a human heart that "comes near" and bows low with trust, expectation, and joy.
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked,
to those who trust in themselves,
refuse your mercy.
BUT he who trusts in the Lord,
who confesses and not ignores sin,
who looks to His eye for guidance,
who humbly and confidently comes near to him,
Mercy shall surround him!
Imagine, surrounded by His songs of deliverance and His great and powerful mercy!

Be glad!  Rejoice!  Shout for joy!
There is no one like our God!

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