‘Forgive All My Sins’

‘Forgive All My Sins’

Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

Psalm 25:18

‘Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.’ We accept that as part of reality. We realize that as long as we are going to traverse this ‘vale of tears,’ we will encounter and endure afflictions. The presence of sin in us exacerbates those burdens of affliction. Our afflictions may not be the result of our sins, or even related to them in any specific way, yet a burdened conscience causes everything to feel worse. In our text for today, David appeals to God on two fronts. He says, ‘Look on my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins.’ These two things may or may not be necessarily related. David desires that God should intervene in both. He wanted, not only to see God rectify his pain and affliction, as well as to forgive his sin. We are often where David was. We encounter afflictions and can endure them, but we do not want the added burden of a guilty conscience. This brings us to the Person and Work of Christ as it relates to our pain, our affliction, and our guilt. Christ understands us, because He is human. He knows pain and affliction. He has the power to address our pain and affliction because He is God. He also has the power to forgive our sins. Regardless of what we need, so far as the intervention of God is concerned, we fly to Christ. He is the One Who can effect the changes in our state and condition of which we most stand in need today. As we do consistently and with intent, we point you today to Christ. He did David good. He will do you good as well.

Our Loving and All-Seeing God,
we rejoice that you understand all our deficiencies.
We praise You that You are able to address all our circumstances
and to bring us to a good end.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning