Monday, May 2, 2022
You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance.
-Psalm 32:7
Though David had fallen, the Lord lifted him up. He was now more fully in harmony with God and in sympathy with his fellow men than before he fell. In the joy of his release he sang: “I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin…. Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance” (Psalm 32:5-7).
Many have murmured at what they called God’s injustice in sparing David, whose guilt was so great, after having rejected Saul for what appear to them to be far less flagrant sins. But David humbled himself and confessed his sin, while Saul despised reproof and hardened his heart in impenitence.
This passage in David’s history is full of significance to the repenting sinner. It is one of the most forcible illustrations given us of the struggles and temptations of humanity, and of genuine repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Through all the ages it has proved a source of encouragement to souls that, having fallen into sin, were struggling under the burden of their guilt. Thousands of the children of God, who have been betrayed into sin, when ready to give up to despair have remembered how David’s sincere repentance and confession were accepted by God, notwithstanding he suffered for his transgression; and they also have taken courage to repent and try again to walk in the way of God’s commandments.
Heart Questions: Are you like David, thou fallen, he turned to God for His hiding place so that he could be preserve from trouble? Do you surround yourself in singing songs of deliverance? Do you have struggles and temptations that you are turning over to God remembering that God is our hiding place? Are you like David humbling yourself and confessed your sins?
- Pray for those who have fallen in sin that they will seek God’s forgiveness and find in Him their hiding place
- Pray for sincere repentance and forgive of sin
- Pray that church members in Grenada would understand that the Seventh-day Adventist Church is a prophetic movement with a prophetic message entrusted by heaven with a very special prophetic mission, and now is the time to shine for God’s glory.
- Pray that our church members who are struggling with temptation that they will turn to God with sincerity and have ask Him help to become victorious