Psalm 25:18

Psalm 25:18  

Heart Open Day

     Once again David surprises us with his candour. When my parents were invited to a School Open Day, I wanted them to see my accomplishments and to be impressed by what had been achieved. It’s typical of us all that we like people to see us at our best and to be impressed by our achievements. David invites the Lord God to come to his Heart Open Day and see how distressed and afflicted he is and then begs Him to take away the bitter, dark cause of it all. His sins!  There is no doubt in his mind as to the root of his problems and the source of his deep disquiet. It is sin! Firstly, we have to be impressed by David’s honesty and his humility in acknowledging his faults. Secondly, we need to learn the simple lesson, that most inner anguish and depression has sin somewhere lurking in a dark corner seeking to wreck our peace and our lives. It takes courage to face the searing light of God’s truth and His purity and to admit our sins and then ask our Holy, Heavenly Father to take them away! Of course He can, and He will, for he knows us in all our weakness. In fact, that is the one thing He would do for us that no one or nothing else can do; to make us clean, to wash our innermost beings with the blood of a lamb sacrifice, to restore us and renew us, to open the door to deep and meaningful fellowship with Him. That is what we were born for!! Let’s make this our Heart Open Day.

 

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