It the goes on to tell you to ask God for his gracious love and mercy. This theme is so repetitive. Humans do something wrong then they ask God for his forgiveness, he gives it and we go on to disobey him again... It is amazing that He is so gracious and forgiving. I wonder if he ever gets tired of the same old story.
Then again he made us who we are...But are we being the people he made us to be? That is the big question. If we were following his plan for us would we be on this treadmill of human life? sinning receiving forgiveness only to sin again?
Toward the end of this chapter we get a glimpse of eternal life with God. The new Jerusalem, a peaceful place where God lives with us and we see his glory. Vs. 22 says; 'For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us.'
That is what keeps us going always striving to do good and be the person God wants us to be.
It reminds me of the woman caught in adultery. After all of the men who want to stone her to death walk away, realizing that they are sinners too, Jesus says to her, "Go and sin no more." Does he really expect her to be able to pull that off?
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In preparation for Sunday's sermon and Bible study, I've been thinking a lot about our purpose and which principles guide us. Guiding principles are those things that we hold so dear that they shape our behaviors.
One for me is "Jesus is Lord". As a result, I have read a chapter of Scripture every day for over ten years. In our text today we hear, "God, treat us kindly. You're our only hope. First thing in the morning, be there for us!"
Likewise, we need to be there for God, reading the Bible, praying, and being his hands and feet...daily. It goes both ways.