David in his Psalms - Psalm 51 (A)

Read: Psalm 51: 1-6; 2 Samuel 8: 13-14

Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

Psalm 51: 2

       Yesterday, I was traveling to Moshi, then Arusha, but my car was been fired from engine, then African people came for help me and a Christian sister Tumaini (Hope), the fire and heat of my car got into normal. Then Tumaini called her uncle for help us, so that we were waiting for him who rescued us from the high way in the beginning Moshi. God is good, he came to meet us after 3 hours. While we had six African men who stayed with us.

        After Tumaini uncle came and put a rope to between his car and my car, his friend pull my car by his car. We went all the way to Moshi, then Arusha. They pull my car to garage and we stayed at his home. Later he told me that that high way was the most of dangerous place, but God had sent six men as our angels who protected us as I prayed that morning. When we reached Arusha at night. I was not able to write Daily Word of God to you. Sorry for it!

      Today we will study Psalm 51 which was elaborated on David's guilt with Bathsheba (2 Samuel 12: 13-14). This is a psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. When read 2 Samuel 8: 13-14 said, Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." Nathan replied, "The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. But because by doing this your have made the enemies of the Lord show utter contempt, the son born to you will die."

        There are many principles in Psalm 51 as blow:

(1)  God's unfailing love and mercy blot out David's

        transgressions. (V 1)

       "Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot our my transgressions."

        David believed God who has love and mercy, he was able to forgive him for all sins. So he knew God who would show his favor again and it was according his great compassion.

(2) David confessed his sins and God did enable to

       wash away all his iniquity. (V 2-5)

       "Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived."

       David confessed his sins, he knew God will be able to forgive him and washed away all his iniquity and cleanse him from his sins. Even though he had done evil in God's sight, God would be justified for him. God is always right and just. And David knew that his mother conceived him with sin at birth. Maybe his mother was less wife or small wife, before his mother was married his father, she was carried David. God had remembered David when he was born, a boy to overcome Goliath, a Saul's son-in-law, a remarked king for Judah and Israel until his death.

(3) God desires truth in David. (V 6)

      "Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place."

       God desires his children to be truth in everywhere, He teaches us his wisdom in the secrete place as in the inmost place where is between you and God, you can walk together, talk face to face. It is our devotional power which comes from Jesus, ONLY.

         Tomorrow, I hope that we will continue for all study. May God bless you richly!

I come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses; and the voice I hear, falling on my ear, the Son of God discloses.

And He walks with me,

and He talks with me,

and He tells me I am His own; _

And the joy we share as we tarry there none other has ever known.

(In the garden by C. Austin Miles)

Author: Rev. Rebecca Sun