Psalm 51:10 (NKJV) 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
This short verse was part of a prayer as David repented before God for his affair with Bathsheba, and the murder of her husband afterward.
This was a low point in David’s life. He had done the unthinkable, taking another man’s wife and then having him killed in battle so that man would never know of David’s transgressions against him.
David was far from perfect. But he understood the importance of being accountable to God, and the importance of repenting for this terrible sin.
How many times do we fall to temptation, but fail to acknowledge it?
We often even deny it in our own minds, trying to justify our sin or explain it away.
We need to own up to our failures and bring them to God right away.
In David’s case, he hid his sin. He tried to run from it.
He only came clean when he was confronted by the prophet, Nathan. Nathan addressed this sin and made it known that David would pay for it by the loss of the son whom Bathsheba bore in their affair.
Let us not wait, as David did. If we sin, the worst thing we can do is to ignore it or try to run away from it.
We must bring our sins to God right away, confessing them and repenting before Him receiving His forgiveness and letting Him help us and teach us what we must do to overcome the things that keep ensnaring us.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443
401-439-3780
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