Psalm 38:1-12
April 20, 2022
Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me. Because of your wrath, there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin. My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning. My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body. I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes. My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away. Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie..
Have you experienced a time or times when God opened your eyes to sin in your life that had taken you captive and you, like David, said; “My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.” Some call that being broken, and it is with no joy that I share the captivity of sin in my life. Now we have talked about the Law and it came through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17 is very clear on this statement; “For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”
How often have you been raked through the coals over the sin of the past, you confessed it before God and man and you ask the Father for forgiveness, if you were serious in seeking God’s forgiveness, it is written, He remembers it no more. You will find that in Hebrews 8:12, “For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”
If it is not the Father, nor the Son, and in that Christ is my life it is not me, it only has one source the one Jesus calls, the accuser of the brothers. Yes, that old serpent, the devil. You do not have the ability to take the dude on but that is why we need to run to Jesus and ask Him to fight for us.
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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