I continue this week in looking at Psalm 130, in which the psalmist is crying out to God from the depths of one's being.
Today, I focus on the words "If you, Lord should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared." vs. 3 & 4.
In praying, the psalmist acknowledges his own sinfulness. He will not attempt to put up any kind of false front before God. The acknowledgment also recognizes the despair that this confession can bring. However, in the same breath, the psalmist acknowledges the overflowing goodness of God that comes in forgiveness.
What is your posture in prayer? Can you also come to God with the same humility? It's easy to feel that maybe we are worthy of receiving for what we have asked. I believe that confessing our own unworthiness, that everything we ask for comes as gift from God's grace, puts us in a different mode. It puts us in a receiving mode where we will stand ready to accept and appreciate everything that God might include in answering our prayer.
It's okay to acknowledge your sin, you, too, can live in the strength and blessing of forgiveness.
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- Rev. Martin W. Pauschke
- I have been pastor at Savior Divine since July 2004. Prior to my current position, I had served at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Maywood, IL, and Trinity Lutheran Church in Runnemede, NJ. I graduated from Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, IN, with a concentration in musicology and graduated from Concordia Seminary in Exile (Christ Seminary - Seminex) in St. Louis, MO. I received a D. Min. degree from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.