- Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression. Psalm 19:12-13 – In today’s psalm we find David reflecting on the majesty and wonder of the Lord. All of the heavens above are declaring the Lord’s glory. Stars, galaxies, and the whole of creation is in constant worship and adoration of the Lord for the Lord and His word is perfect, pure, and right. David, considering such wonderous things, now looks at himself and asked the question, “Who can discern his errors?” This is not meaning who can discern the Lord’s errors, but who can fully know the depth of their own errors, for when we draw near to such a glorious God the depth of our sin is revealed and can be quite overwhelming. When confronted with the reality of his sin, we see David take the proper posture, he pleaded with the Lord to declare him innocent of all his sin, even the ones David was unaware of. He also asked the Lord to keep him from sin so that he could live blameless before the Lord. As we draw near the Lord, know our sin will be brought more and more into the light. When the depth of our sin is beginning to become clear, we could find ourselves hiding like Adam and Eve, or we can come humbly before the Lord and ask for His covering. Know His desire is for us to come out of hiding, reveal the hidden sin, and ask for His forgiveness which He promises to give. When we consider the depth of sin God is willing to cover, our love for the Lord and what we have with Him grows. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2974
- More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Psalms 19:10 – David here is speaking about God’s laws in a way that is a little different than some of the culture of the church sees God’s laws today. David sees the laws as the most precious things in existence. We can see them sometimes like speed limits. Where we know it’s for our safety so we follow them most of the time, but generally we feel they are limiting the life we could be having. What if though we saw the laws of God like David did as a treasure map to something beautiful. Where each day we keep following directions given to us by God which leads us to a life more beautiful than anything this world can offer. Where our view of God’s laws are not limiting our life, but expanding it. Today, begin the journey of seeing the directions of God differently and see how different life looks because of it. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 779
- The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. Psalm 19:7-9 – If I shared something was perfect, sure, right, pure, clean, true, and righteous, wouldn’t you agree that is something worthwhile having in your story? Such is God’s law for us. His command for how we should live and what our life should be about is all those things. When Jesus sums up the law for us He says we are to love God and love people. That is the perfect thing for us to do with our life. That is the sure, right, and true direction for our life today. What you are to do today is to love God and love people. That is God’s command for us and that command is perfect. So, how do you plan to lean into that perfect direction for your life today? I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1736
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