Day 182 – What does the Lord see?
Today’s Reading: Proverbs 19 – 21
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.
Proverbs 21:2
You’ve see it, you’ve heard it, you’ve said it. The words and actions are there, but then we formulate a conclusion for the reason it was done. We all have the ability to explain why it was okay for us to do or say the thing we did. It’s how a child gets away with hitting their sibling, how a parent can yell at their kids, how a coworker can talk down to you, how Criminal can walk free. We’re human, we’re sinful, it’s not our fault…Right?!
We may be able to justify our deeds, but the Lord looks at our heart and knows the truth.
When Nathan confronted David about his sin with Bathsheba and the death of Uriah the Hittite, Nathan didn’t come in with guns blazing because David had already justified his deeds. Instead, the Lord sent Nathan with a story about a rich man and a poor man, where the rich man took the only lamb of a poor man to use for a feast. David was furious with this man and said he would pay for his deeds, and that’s when Nathan explained David was that man because of what he’d done.
The Lord saw, He knew, and David’s eyes were opened to the Truth. But David was still going faithful, a man after God’s own heart, the lineage to which Jesus would come. David sought the Lord, asked for forgiveness and repented of his sins, and the Lord loved him even more for it.
God loves us to and He sees all we do. He just wants us to have the courage to come to him with honesty about the things we do. He will forgive us and cleanse us when we’re wrong.
“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.”
Psalm 51:1-4,10-12
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