Friday Devo
Scripture:
Psalm 19
12 How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart?
Cleanse me from these hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant from deliberate sins!
Don’t let them control me.
Then I will be free of guilt
and innocent of great sin.
14 May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
12 How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart?
Cleanse me from these hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant from deliberate sins!
Don’t let them control me.
Then I will be free of guilt
and innocent of great sin.
14 May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Commentary:
19:12 The word hidden shows the flow of thought in the psalm: just as the sun’s heat searches every nook and cranny so that “there is nothing hidden from its heat” (v. 6), so too the law searches all the hiding places of the soul; the honest faithful can only ask God to declare them innocent. This prayer includes a request for forgiveness even from “hidden” sins which one does not remember, or which were committed in ignorance.
19:13 Presumptuous sins are sins committed in arrogant disregard of divine commands (Deut. 17:12). These, when repeated, come to have dominion, and thus to enslave. Instead the desire is to become blameless (which is what the law is; see ESV footnote on Ps. 19:7; see also note on 18:30). The term innocent points back to 19:12; there the singer asked to be declared innocent, while here he desires innocence in his own practice as well.
19:14 Be acceptable comes from the language of sacrifice (as in Lev. 22:20); thus the request is that this song be a suitable act of worship before God, like a sacrifice.
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 961–962.
19:13 Presumptuous sins are sins committed in arrogant disregard of divine commands (Deut. 17:12). These, when repeated, come to have dominion, and thus to enslave. Instead the desire is to become blameless (which is what the law is; see ESV footnote on Ps. 19:7; see also note on 18:30). The term innocent points back to 19:12; there the singer asked to be declared innocent, while here he desires innocence in his own practice as well.
19:14 Be acceptable comes from the language of sacrifice (as in Lev. 22:20); thus the request is that this song be a suitable act of worship before God, like a sacrifice.
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 961–962.
Questions:
- This is what happens when someone truly encounters God. When you see Him in his WONDERS. When you sit under his WORD. We’re able to humble ourselves before Him. David has this awareness of God’s GREATNESS and God’s GOODNESS - and he shifts his focus inwardly for his need for intervention. We should keep our hearts exposed before God, asking Him to show us anything in us that is out of alignment with His ways. When was the last time you've done that? How can you make this a regular part of your prayer life?
- The challenge on Sunday was to KNOW God and be KNOWN by God. This means doing all you can to invest time in prayer and in the Word. And it also requires you humbly presenting yourself to Him on a daily basis, open and willing to change and grow. What can you do in this new year to better know Him and be known by Him?
Prayer Topics:
- That you would live in a humble attitude of repentance before God.
- That God would show you how to grow in your relationship with Him this year.
This Week's City 7:
Try to commit to memory!
1. Who is Jesus? I believe Jesus is God because Jesus said He is God and proved it by rising from the dead and appearing to His disciples, His brother James, 500 others at one time, and Paul.
(Mark 3:21; John 8:58, 10:30-33, 14:9-11; Acts 9:1-6; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8; Colossians 1:15-20; Hebrews 1:2-3; James 1:1)
(Mark 3:21; John 8:58, 10:30-33, 14:9-11; Acts 9:1-6; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8; Colossians 1:15-20; Hebrews 1:2-3; James 1:1)
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