| You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it... | | | | me a willing spirit, to sustain me. |
| The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;a broken | | | | We feel like we've lost the presence of God in our |
| and contrite heart, | | | | deepest mire. We feel, see, and 'know' he is absent. |
| O God, you will not despise. | | | | Yet the restoring of the joy of his salvation is |
| The magic yet straight forward reality of truth. God | | | | cataclysmic to the dark sources of death. We know |
| has designed creation for meaning, for truth and | | | | it not until we genuinely feel, see, and 'know' it -- ah, |
| meaning are aligned. God and all creation can see | | | | "He's returned," is the cry of our situationally fledgling |
| through the false, and all require the truth. Truth and | | | | heart. Like a sort of reverse Pygmalion effect, we're |
| wisdom are synonymous. | | | | instantly back in the classroom, left feeling fearful like |
| One can picture David plucking away at his harp, | | | | a child. |
| lamenting in sopping tears, his sin. In his lowest ebb | | | | Against you, you only, have I sinnedand done what is |
| and darkest moment, the shrill of stark truth is | | | | evil in your sight,so that you are proved right when |
| revealed in God's gleaming light. The revelation comes | | | | you speakand justified when you judge. |
| at the very moment of David's true step of | | | | The vital truth is sin is a direct blow to God. Sure, we |
| penitence. Light returns to his heart, amid the | | | | hurt others, but we offend God most and |
| moment of sorrow. God's gift of grace. | | | | fundamentally. His wisdom dictates that we do the |
| Create in me a pure heart, O God,and renew a | | | | wrong thing and the wrong thing is done to us... until |
| steadfast spirit within me. | | | | we turn back, returning to him the penitence |
| David can see clearly. He genuinely wants what only | | | | deserved him. We forgive others, we forgive |
| God can give him. In his dis-ease he can feel what is | | | | ourselves. |
| missing, and he is in death, spiritual morosity. A pure | | | | How could anyone not see God in that? Yet these |
| heart is sought. It's the only solution. David is | | | | same hearts rage against the LORD for their own |
| single-minded now. | | | | folly of ignorance and arrogance (Proverbs 19:3). |
| Do not cast me from your presenceor take your | | | | Copyright © 2008, Steven John Wickham. All |
| Holy Spirit from me. | | | | Rights Reserved Worldwide. |
| Restore to me the joy of your salvationand grant | | | | |