"Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD."
{Psalm 25:7} (NIV)
David needs God to act on his behalf. We don’t know the specific issue, but we know that if God didn’t act, David would be put to shame in front of his eyynemies. So throughout this psalm are scattered prayers, direct requests for God to act. David approaches the throne room of heaven asking the Almighty God to show, teach and guide his life in God’s ways (vs 4,5). David wants to please God with all his actions.
He then asks God to remember His own character. Instead of going to God and saying, “Remember all the things I did for You!” David says, “God please remember who You are!” This prayer for action is based on the character of God, not on the character of David. Actually David asks God to not remember him; he asks God to forget his previous sins. What David wants is forgiveness for his sins (vs 11) and for God to act in grace (vs 16), and miraculously free him from the anguish, affliction, distress and personal sin (vs 18).
You may wonder – is there is anything else, David? Well yes there is. O God, please pay the price for our sin. REDEEM US! Friend may we learn the lesson that David knew well: when you see signs of God’s grace always ask Him for more, for He is truly a gracious God! He is good all the time.
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