Always Before Me

Today’s blog post is contributed by David Trotta:

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. (Psalm 51:3)

I’m sure you’ve heard it said many times….the first step in overcoming an area of sin in your life is knowing you have a problem.  Unless we come face to face with our sin, we won’t run to God for forgiveness and restoration.

The above verse tell us King David was always keenly aware of the sin in his life.  Not for the purpose of glorifying or magnifying his sin, but to restore broken fellowship with the Lord, which can be the result of sin that is not dealt with in our lives.

Without first acknowledging his sin, David would not have been able to cry out “create in me a clean heart, O God!” (v10)

King David was broken over His sin and that positioned him to receive a restorative work from God.

God doesn’t want us to focus on our sin, but a healthy understanding of our weaknesses and failures allows us to better appreciate His forgiveness and understand the depth of His love for us.  That understanding in turn causes us to love Him.  I John 4:19 says “We love because he first loved us.”

In Luke 7:47, Jesus said there’s a correlation between how much we are forgiven and how much we love – “Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.”

May we always have a keen awareness that our sin compelled a loving God to leave heaven, come to earth and willingly lay down His life so that we could be forgiven and our fellowship with Him restored.