Re:Verse passage – Psalm 19:1-14 (day seven)
Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults.
Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins;
Let them not rule over me;
Have you ever wondered what made David a “man after God’s own heart?” This man who committed heinous crimes and found himself in questionable circumstances again and again. Yet, this is the man that was chosen by God over everyone in Israel. This is the king that would point us to the King of Kings. Why? Why David? I believe it was moments like this.
Moments of confession show that he faithfully returned to the Lord after moments of heinousness. Here we see him asking for forgiveness from sins he may not have known he had committed as well as the ones that were presumptuous, where he simply knew better and continued in sin.
Repentance is essential to a right relationship with God. If we are honest with ourselves, we have moments of heinousness too. We have those presumptuous moments where we choose the world’s way over God’s way. If we too want to be men and women after God’s own heart, it will begin in confession and repentance. Spend some time today using the Re:Verse as a model to pray for the forgiveness of your sins that have been both hidden and presumptuous.
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