Psalm 38 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO

My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off. Psalm‬ ‭38‬:‭11‬ ‭- We find David in the psalm speaking to the Lord from a dark place in his life. He had chosen to fall prey to the temptation of sin and the result of that choice was tearing him and his life apart. He was feeling the deep pains of God chastening physically and spiritually. We see here in this verse he even felt no relief from the relationships in his life for everyone avoided him like he was a plague. His sin had brought destruction and isolation to his life, and the damage of that and the heaviness of God’s hand on him was breaking him. We too must realize that as a believer when we sin, we feel the weight of the consequence of that sin, but also the heaviness of God’s hand on us. No help from the world is going to come and we may not even find help from those close to us when we’ve chosen the sinful path. Sin creates a festering wound in our life. The damage it causes is severe, the cleaning out process by God is painful, and sin can damage relationships to where even those once close avoid us like the plague. While this is the reality of sin, known sin can be forgiven and God is willing to forgive. His heart and expectation is for His followers to be separated from sin, but even when they misstep and draw close to sin, He still forgives and allows them to rejoin the path of following Him. Do you then have a festering wound of sin? Is it keeping you down and feeling isolated from God and others? Know the time to bring it before the Lord is now and the time to set it aside is now. He will forgive and He will heal. Reject the temptation to hold onto a little longer or only to partially give it to the Lord. Be free once and for all of this sin and begin to see the healing and life God provides when we finally let go of the sin we’ve held onto for ages. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2993

Question To Ponder: Why might someone avoid us when we are living in sin?

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