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Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. Against you only have I sinned. —Psalm 51:1-4
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If you tear up a page of paper into a thousand pieces and cast them into the wind, no matter how hard you seek, you will be unable to search all one thousand pieces and put them together to retrieve the original paper. Sin is liken to this piece of paper. Once a sin is committed, it is not a simple matter to undo, unspeak, or uncreate the transgression. No undo button exists.
David is caught in the sin of adultery with Bathsheba. When confronted by the prophet Nathan, David is consciously contrite and truly troubled. His attitude: one of remorse. His behavior, one of repentance. His calling, one of restoration.
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Because of your great compassion, blot out the stains of my sins. Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.
Children love to paint. But their coordination is far from perfect and the goal of painting within the lines of the picture often falls short, causing scatters of paint to fall outside the lines. Our spiritual lives have boundaries that delineate right from wrong, godly choices from ungodly ones. Like children who leave scatters of paint, the pursuit of sin leads us to abandon the lines of moral and spiritual boundaries.
When Adam and Eve sin, their shame results in efforts to hide their bodies. But hiding because of sin is not the answer. Recall God calls Adam and Eve out of hiding and talks to them about their sin and shame. Here, David calls out to God to wipe out the sin stain to make him clean and in this respect, to clear the way for renewed fellowship with God again. David is not hiding or holding anything back. When we sin, the shame is a stigma that shapes into ownership over us. Not David. Sin, your shame doesn’t own me.
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For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. Against you only have I sinned.
Poignantly, sin is defined here as rebellion. Each sin is an act of rebellion against God. Sin, depicted here, has feet that will run after us to haunt, a persistent and present reminder of our rebellion. We all like rebels have strayed, and each have gone our own way. This haunting marathon chasing after David brings about a recognition of his wrong. Ultimately, it is not solely the people we hurt and the purposes we harm, but our sin is directed against God and His will for our lives. God’s will is for our sanctification. Sin kills sanctification. David’s recognition of this enables him to regain lost ground won by sin.
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When a relationship is broken, there is a “Dear John” letter. But in this case, we see a “Dear God” letter desiring restoration. This letter is David’s surrender to God, submission of his sin. David cannot get back the one thousand pieces back that have blown away into the wind. But God can give David a new page to work with: David’s first baby with Bathsheba passes away. But a later fruit of their union, son Solomon, becomes the next king of Israel. Mighty God, mighty new page.
God honors David’s efforts to reconnect and reestablish a relationship with Him. Sin slays sanctification. But sanctification can be resurrected. Psalm 51 is a resurrection of all that sin takes away, and all that God can restore. Beloved, God wants to gift you a new paper to write His story in your life. Let the resurrection of your sanctification begin today.
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