"For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me."
{Psalm 51:3}(NIV)
It is an awful place to be; when you know your transgressions, when you constantly think of your sin. Ignorance is bliss, so we think. I was much happier when I was unaware of this sin. The Bible teaches us that this awful place of knowing our sin is actually the place of blessing. Satan tells us that ignorance is bliss, the Bible teaches us that ignorance is death.
By using the word ‘for’, David shows us that the awareness of his sin is what caused him to ask God for mercy, and for his sin to be blotted out. This awareness of his sin caused him to base his prayer for mercy not on himself, but on the character of God, “according to your unfailing love, and great compassion.” (vs.1) David based his request on the character of the One whom he approaches for mercy, not upon any merit of his own, and therefore his prayer will be answered.
When we see our sin, and think about our Holy God, it causes us to realize that although we sin against others, we offend our God in how we treat others. The words we said, the thoughts we thought, the places we went, the things we did. These sins offend a Holy God and to Him we must go and ask for mercy.
Friend, let us ask God to search our hearts and show us our sin, for ignorance is death.
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