Lord,
Hear My Voice
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice! Let
your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!
If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But
there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits for the
Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for
the morning.
O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem. It is he who
will redeem
Psalm 130:1-8
God is highly dangerous. We are sinful and He is holy. Sin can no
more exist in the presence of God than darkness can exist in the presence of
light. To stand before Him in self-righteousness would be to invite our own
destruction.
Forgiveness is what we seek, and forgiveness is what we receive
through Jesus.
If God could not forgive us, we could only flee from Him in terror.
Yet the God whose holiness threatens us is the God who through Christ redeems
us. This dangerous God offers forgiveness for all our sins. We only need to ask
Him.
Sin invites
judgment; confession ensures forgiveness.
Our
Daily Bread -