A Bread Crumb and Fish

This is one of my favorite chapters in the Bible because you can just sense the urgency and the wholehearted repentance by David.

"Surely You desire truth in the inner parts; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice." -Psalm 51 6-8

One of the scariest things about sin is the fact that we often get comfortable with it. The very sin that once troubled our hearts all of a sudden seems logical and just in our sinful eyes and hearts. Just like what David says in verse 8, having our sins corrected brings immense spiritual pain, but we must also be happy and thankful for the fact that God is willing and patient enough to break our hearts and mold them back together into His liking.

So here is a little part of what I read today...

Think about it: the physical pain of an actual broken bone is worth being thankful for because it's a warning sign something is wrong in that arm or leg. In the same way, God's loving hammer of conviction is meant to break your heart, and the pain of heart you feel is meant to alert you to the fact that something is spiritually wrong inside of you. Like the warning signal of physical pain, the rescuing and restoring pain of convicting grace is a thing worth celebrating.
So God's grace isn't always comfortable because he isn't primarily working on our comfort; he's working on our character. With violent grace he will crush us because he loves us and is committed to our restoration, deliverance, and refinement. And that is something worth celebrating.


Have a good day :)