Christianity Oasis Forum

[cimi]

February 20
Thursday


COVERING
SINKHOLES

READ:
Psalm 32:1-5
________________________________________________________________________________________
Blessed is he whose
transgression is
forgiven, whose sin is
covered. __Psalm 32:1
________________________________________________________________________________________
In late May 2010, tropical storm Agatha hit Central America, producing torrential rains and landslides. Once it finished its course, a 200-foot-deep sinkhole opened in downtown Guatemala City. This sinkhole caused the ground to collapse suddenly, sucking land, electrical poles, and a 3-story building into the depths of the earth.

Though sinkholes can be devastating, the most universal and damaging sinkhole is the one that happens in the human heart. king David was an example of this.

The surface of David's life looked stable; however, his interior life rested on a fragile foundation. After his sins of adultery and murder, David thought he had successfully hidden his treacherous acts (2 Sam. 11-12). However, God's intense conviction after Nathan's confrontation caused him to realize that denying the presence of sin in his life weakened the foundation of his spiritual life. To prevent this spiritual sinkhole from worsening, David acknowledged his sin to God in repentance (Ps. 32:5). As a result, God covered Davids sin and gave him the joy of forgiveness.
We too will experience God's grace when we confess our sins to Him. He will experience God's grace when we confess our sins to Him. He will completely forgive and cover our spiritual sinkholes. __Marvin Williams

```````````````````````````````````````THINKING IT OVER``````````````````````````````````

``````````````````````````What habitual sins, secret addictions, or hidden````````````````````````
``````````````````````````vulnerabilities are weakening your interior life?````````````````````````
``````````````````````Remember, God longs to give you complete forgiveness.`````````````````````
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
When we uncover our sins in repentance
God will cover them.

*************************************Today's Bible Reading __ Palm 32:1-5**********************************

1 Blessed is he whose
transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.

2 Blessed is the man to
whom the LORD does not
impute iniquity, and in
whose spirit there is no
deceit.

3 When I kept silent, my
bones grew old through my
groaning all the day long.

4 For day and night Your
hand was heavy upon me;
my vitality was turned into
the drought of summer.

5 I acknowledged my sin
to You, and my iniquity I
have not hidden. I said, "I
will confess my
transgressions to the LORD,"
and You forgave the iniquity
of my sin.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Psalm 32 is one of the seven penitential psalms (Pss. 6,38,51,102,
130,143), which are prayers confessing sins and turning to the Lord
for His mercy and forgiveness. For about a year after his adultery
with Bathsheba, David refused to admit that he had sinned__that is,
until the prophet Nathan confronted him (2 Sam. 11-12). As a
result, David penned Psalms 32 and 51. In today's psalm, David
celebrates the forgiveness he received (vv.1-2), warns of the terrible
burden of living with unconfessed sins (vv.3-4), and encourages
sinners to repent or face chastening by the Lord (vv.3-6,8-11). In
the New Testament, Paul quotes Psalm 32:1-2 to show how God
forgives sinners__by grace through faith alone (see Rom. 4:6-8).