If you, Lord,
kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? (Psalm 130:3).
It’s no fun living
under constant scrutiny, someone keeping score of every misstep and every time
we break the rules. And yet many have the impression that the Christian life is
exactly that, walking a tightrope between acceptance and rejection – with no
net.
Who would want to
live under condemnation for every bad choice ever made? Especially since no one
could possibly pass such an examination. The psalmist is only saying what we’ve
heard from many other biblical sources: All have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God (Romans 3:23).
Thankfully neither
Paul, in his letter to the Romans, nor our psalm writer let it stop there.
All have sinned
and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace
through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus (Romans 3:23,24).
The Prophet Micah
put it like this: You will again have compassion on us; you will
tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea (Micah 7:19).
If you, Lord,
kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness (Psalm 130:3,4).
And anyone who has
experienced the reality of grace cannot possibly withhold grace from others.
TODAY’S MEDITATION
Thank our gracious God for
his forgiveness. Ask him to show you if there’s anyone you need to let off the
hook.
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