this week i have been studying psalm 32. and i was reminded how my life should be joyous due to what God has done for me.
“Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty! … Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.” ps. 32:1-2; 5 (NLT)
if that doesn’t get you excited and bring you joy, i don’t know what will. all my guilt is gone…my record is cleared of guilt. see, i know what should be on my record…therefore this brings me great joy. david knew what was on his record…adultry, murder…and he knew that God had cleared his record.
it amazes me to think that God knew my record, before i ever came into being. yet He sent His Son to die for me so my record could be cleared. WOW!!!
“He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.” ps. 103:12 (NLT)
“So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him! Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!” ps. 32:11 (NLT)
when people see me or they see you, do they see joy because of what God has done for us? or have we forgotten that record that has been cleared? rejoice and show that joy today!
