Key Verses: 1, and 10-12 "(1) Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name!...(10) He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. (11) For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward those who fear Him; (12) As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us."
Spurgeon Insights: "Jehovah is worthy to be praised by us in that highest style of adoration which is intended by the term 'bless.' Our very life and essential self should be engrossed with this delightful service, and each one of us should arouse his own heart to the engagement…We have never suffered as we have deserved to suffer…Sin is removed from us by a miracle of love!"
This is a Psalm which praises God for the mercy and grace He shows sinful people when they repent of their sin. God removes their sin from them, as far as their salvation is concerned. He removes it as far as the east is from the west, meaning, He removes it totally from His mind. He removes it from their spiritual credit score entirely. The distance between east and west cannot be measured, unlike the distance between north and south. Our sin is gone from the LORD's perspective.
Jesus is the One who truly makes this Psalm applicable to me. He took the sin and shame I bring into this world on Himself when He died on the cross. He paid for all my spiritual crimes. Because of my trust in what He did for me, and the face that I've asked Him to come into my life, save me, and change me, my sins are blotted out as well. He doesn't hold one of them against me! He has further begun changing me from the inside out helping me live victoriously over sinful temptation, from the heart. Praise Jesus!
Do you know Jesus personally? Worship Him with all that is within you right now, and be available to His desires for you today. Do you want to experience the reality of your spiritual crimes against God and people being totally wiped away from God's perspective? Do you want Him to see only the goodness and righteousness of Jesus when He looks at you? Do you want to know that God doesn't hold your sin against you anymore, but views you with love and acceptance? Ask Him for forgiveness for living as if you are God, and He is not, and start following Jesus today! Let's go to Him together in prayer…
Father, thank You for sending Your Son to die for my sin. Jesus, thank You for voluntarily taking my sin and shame on the cross. Holy Spirit, thank You for showing me my need for Jesus and making me new from the inside out. Thank you for removing my guilt from your sight, and crediting me with the righteous perfection of Jesus Christ, now and forever, in spite of who I am, and have been. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
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