“Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin
[is] covered. Blessed [is] the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity,
and in whose spirit [there is] no guile.” (Ps 32:1-2 AV)
Mankind may never understand the greatest
blessing of all. To be forgiven! That is the greatest need and the greatest of
all divine blessings. To know the LORD
has covered our sins in the blood of His own Son is what the human soul yearns
for, yet too often rejects.
Many try to seek forgiveness and acceptance
in objects or people. They seek to salve
a guilty conscience by drowning it out with drugs or alcohol. They try to find acceptance in illicit
relationships. They try to silence the
shame of their sin by distracting it with career, work, business, or
hobbies. The only comfort that can feed
the desperate soul is forgiveness in the arms of the God of all grace!
When life gets overwhelming or the trials of
life too hard to bear, the cure is often to remember how forgiven we are. No trouble or trial will ever be as heavy as
the burden of sin which we carry day in and day out. No issue of health, finances, relationships,
or career will ever be so heavy as the guilt and shame we bear over what we
have done. To understand the burden has
been lifted by the grace of God through Christ is to live in true liberty. Our contemporary generation does not
understand this. They erroneously
believe liberty is the freedom to live as one chooses thinking God will look
past it. All this does is compound sin. Their souls are pacified by shallow music
very light on doctrine and heavy on emotion.
What they truly need is the liberty from sin which only forgiveness and
repentance can bring. Praise God we are
forgiven. The truth shall make you free!
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