Psalm 51 & Psalm 105

Last week we heard David's words as he praised the Lord for delivering him from Saul's clutches. A beautiful psalm filled with joy and praise. David had a mountaintop experience. This week we read Psalm 51...David, like us came back to the real world and was no longer on top of the mountain...we come back from retreats standing on the mountain...we experience answered prayer and we are on top of the mountain...and then we may not be home for 5 minutes and we have sinned and are amazed we are standing in a valley...

David cries out to the Lord for forgiveness, he commited adultery and murder, we may say I WOULD never do that...well it doesn't matter because sin is sin is sin is sin, we do commit sins just not murder and adultery...

In Psalm 51 we see David's heart cry...every verse is so rich, David cried:

Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

11 Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Can you imagine being cast from the presence of the Lord? Can you imagine losing the Holy Spirit? Thankfully through the Blood of the Lamb, confession and repentence we are not cast from the presence of the Lord, we do not lose the Holy Spirit.

16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.

17 The sacrifices of God are [c] a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise.

The Lord does not want Old Testament sacrifices, He wants us to remain humble, He wants our hearts to remain soft and tender towards Him and others. We cannot afford to get into the self mode and live for ourselves and not for Him.

In Psalm 105, we see the praise once again, just as David was restored, we are restored through the Blood of the Lamb...we are New Covenant Girls!

1 Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.

2 Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts.

3 Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

4 Look to the LORD and his strength;
seek his face always.

David restated the facts, God is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, he listed the deeds the Lord had done in Egypt, He talked about the Lord giving Israel the Promised Land, and ended with praise. A great way for us to pray. Confessing what the Lord has done for us as we pray builds our faith.

Let us praise the Lord!