Die to Live

September 25

David heartily praised God for the forgiveness of his sins, which were great. David, the young shepherd who slew a giant for his country and walked honorably before his God, succumbed to pressure and fell into sin. We could say that his plummet into wrongdoing was because his wife didn’t understand him (II Samuel 6:16).

Certainly, a lot of people would take this escape route. We’re good at deflecting blame from ourselves and placing it at someone else’s doorstep, but David didn’t do this. In Psalm 103:2, 3, he said, “Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits—He forgives all your sins…” for David knew he was powerless to overcome his proclivity to sin apart from the Lord.

However, until Christ came and actually washed sin away in His shed blood, David’s sin, mankind’s sin could only be temporarily assuaged by the blood of goats and lambs. Until Jesus, “made a more excellent way,” (I Corinthians 12:31) by the love He showed when He took our sin upon Himself, all men were “…dead in trespasses and sins” Ephesians 2:1.

But! But when He came, He washed us clean because, “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree so we might die to sin and live for righteousness…” I Peter 2:24. What an amazing God we serve! What a glorious promise is ours to claim! May we joyfully lay our lives at His feet, so He may joyfully lavish us with His blessings.