Psalms 130:3-6
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.
Tag: Forgiven Sin Produces a Fearful, Waiting Soul
The fact that men are sinners is not debated. The fact that we need God’s grace to stand before Him, is also, not debated. Who can stand before a holy and righteous God? No one! Yet, with God there is a Divine act of Forgiveness. We are sinners and, as sinners, could not do anything to warrant Divine favor ... we are sinners, so we can’t do anything without sin. But, God is merciful and gracious and grants us forgiveness. That forgiveness should produce in us two distinct outcomes. The first is we ought to, in holy reverence, fear God as a result of that forgiveness. When declared Forgiven by God we should revere Him. The second is a patient waiting in “His word.” The result of God’s grace is hope in God’s Word. Once forgiving by a holy and righteous God we no longer have something to be anxious about. Our mindset out to be, “If God forgives me, what more is there to worry about? What more is their to be anxious about? What more is there to be in a rush about?” When forgiven by a holy God we have the ultimate position in life. We have only to wait upon God for His final act of victory and that is to take us to Glory with Him. Forgiveness produces reverence which produces steadfastness which produces hope. That is the journey of all those who are declared forgiven by God.
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