Psalm 69:5 (NRSVue) - O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
Psalm 69 is a prayer for deliverance from persecution.
In it, the Psalmist recognizes God’s omniscience.
He understands that God knows everything.
As such, God knows the sins that he has committed.
God knows when we fall short as well.
But God is both generous and forgiving,
He has already planned for our redemption.
We are redeemed through the blood of Christ.
We are forgiven by grace.
Paul understood this.
He explained the spiritual blessing in Christ in his letter to the Ephesians.
Ephesians 1:7 (NRSVue) - In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
Thanksgiving Day is over.
But we should always be thankful for redemption and forgiveness.
May we be aware of this as we enter the season of Advent.
God is as generous as He is merciful.
And we should be thankful for all the gifts he has bestowed upon us.
May we be especially thankful for His greatest gift of all.
The gift of His Son whose birth we are about to celebrate.
For this is what sets Christianity apart from other religions.
Christianity is not about us reaching up to God.
Christianity is about how God reached down to the lost who could not save themselves.
And just as God gives to us, we are called upon to share with each other.
We can do so because God has transformed our hearts and lives through Christ.
Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
Look for me at otherbrotherjim.blogspot.com on Friday, December 8, 2023.
I will be back here on Friday, December 15, 2023
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