It is wonderful thing when God turns the light on in your brain! That happened to me just this week! I’ve been camped out in Psalm 103 for a couple of weeks now and just about the time I think I have dissected it enough, something new pops out at me. Let me tell you what I mean.
If you have read my past two blogs, you know that I’m in a couple of groups studying the topics of forgiveness and grace. Each study has taken me to a deeper understanding of the character of God and the reality of who I am. Amazing stuff and good things to ponder.
But it can also be overwhelming – because when you see who God is and who you are, it clicks in your little brain that what you really deserve is nothing but a huge bolt of lightning! And that is the exact moment when God gives you clarity in His precious Word about His character. Then He takes it one step further and just over-the-top pours His love and grace on you. That’s because, according to this psalm, He has compassion on His children and He remembers we are just frail bits of dust.
So what was my “ah ha” moment? It had to do with verse 10:
“He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.”
It dawned on me this verse sums up these two topics in just 16 short, concise words. It is an incredible balance of God’s grace (not treating us as we deserve) and forgiveness (not repaying us according to our sin). Beautiful!
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