He highlights sin...
At times... what's revealed... seems so... insignificant... I rebel... it happened this week... the sin He spotlights... so trivial... I rationalize... justify... refuse to correct...
Such hardness of heart... repels me... reverses the drawing near... till I cry... weep... mourn... over the thing He calls sin...
A reminder of my sickness... a reminder of my need...
Drawing near... invites inspection... incites rejection... unless you become a receptacle for grace... unless you know... or at least desire to know... the Love of the Father...
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are proved right when you speak
and justified when you judge.
Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
Surely you desire truth in the inner parts;
you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Psalm 51:1-6
What do you see in your drawing near?
Do you repel...? or repent...?
Do you reject...? or receive...?
Or... have you learned to stay at a safe distance...? just out of transformation's reach...?
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