“For the sake of your
name, Lord,
forgive my iniquity, though it is great.”
Psalm 25:11
If I asked you to
pick out the most significant word in the verse above which would you select?
I would have to
choose the word “my”.
“My”?
“Why”?
Because I believe it
was one of those words that helped set David apart as that man after God’s own
heart.
“Wow”!
“How”?
David recognized his
own iniquity and sought God’s forgiveness for it.
So often in our
relationships with others we use the word
“you” and “yours”
when it ought to be “me” and “mine”.
It started in the
Garden of Eden.
“The man said, “The
woman you put here with me—
she gave me some
fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
Was Adam stating the
facts correctly?
Yes, he was.
But in so doing he
was also failing to recognize that he personally had made a choice to also
disobey God.
We are all so good at
that.
We minimize our
disobedience while emphasizing that same disobedience in others.
We quickly forget
that the word “all” as in “For all have sinned…” includes me!
The next time you are
tempted to point the finger at someone else call to mind the behavior of both
Adam and David and make your choice as to how you choose to respond!
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