Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem; then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar. Psalm 51:18-19 – We learn from the header of this psalm that it was written by David concerning the time when the prophet Nathan confronted him about his sin with Bathsheba. Likely for months David existed in a state of unconfessed sin after that night with Bathsheba. He likely in that time still did all his normal kingly duties and even handled worship like normal. What we see though is that God was not pleased with David’s sinful heart, and any sacrifices David was making to the Lord were nullified by his unconfessed sin. This psalm is David’s eventual confession, pleading to the Lord for His mercy and to create in him a clean heart that has all his sin washed away. David knew that then, and only then, would God delight in sacrifices and offerings again. Only after David confessed his sin and gave the Lord his heart would the Lord find pleasure in David’s offerings. Let us see the truth in such a message. Our unconfessed and unstopped sin interferes with our ability to worship and please the Lord. We may come to church every Sunday and give loads of money in the offering, but if our heart is still holding onto sin then such actions are tainted by the stain of our sin and not pleasing to the Lord. Through Christ we have been given a new, clean heart, but our sin can ruin the worship we ought to be giving the Lord. Confess the sin, end the sin, and then is when we will see our offering to the Lord find its value to Him again. For what God wants more than your offerings is you faithfully following Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3006
Question To Ponder: How has a past wrong interfered in a relationship that you have?
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