Lord, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin. Psalm 85:1-2 – Our psalmist is recounting the way the Lord had moved in the lives of His people in times past and is pleading with the Lord to move in such a way again. The Lord had revived His peopled, shown steadfast love, and provided them the increase they needed. What we see in our verses above though is a beautiful aspect the psalmist understood about our God. He understood our God could forgive and cover sin. Many other places we could go to in our time of need could do some of the things listed off in this psalm for us. Governments can restore lost fortunes to us, a relationship could turn their anger from us, and even a stranger could choose to be favorable to us somehow. Yet only God can forgive and cover our sin. The government or some other person in this life has no power to take away our sin. They certainly can bring worldly blessings to our doorstep, but forgiveness of our sin comes only through the Lord. We then must understand that the revival in our live needs that forgiveness of sin. If all we believe we need is a little more favor and fortunes for us to be good again, then we’ll go to the places of this world that can offer us such things. If though we understand that the life we need comes through the forgiveness of our sins, then we’ll go to the only place that can do such a thing for us, Jesus. Revival in our life begins with the work only Jesus can do. Other things can make us feel good, only Jesus can make us holy. Turn to Jesus and find the life nothing else can offer you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3499
Question To Ponder: Why is God the only one who can forgive our sin?
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