Psalm 32
Blessed is the one whose sin is forgiven
When I disobey God
I am out of sync with the Author of my life.
When I disobey God, the creator of the heavens and the earth, I am out
of sync with the universe. It is like
being a character in the wrong story or an instrument that is out of tune with
the rest of the orchestra. Not only do I
not fit in but I affect the whole story or song that is being performed. It is natural to feel bad about this and in
feeling bad begin to do something to get it rightly adjusted so there is the
sense of being where I am meant to be and in tune with the universe.
A writer works
hard at crafting a story. Each word must
say what it is meant to say. That takes
hours of discipline, of changing and cutting things out, revising and redoing
until it is all right.
An orchestra works
hard at crafting a song. Each instrument
must be in tune and each note played must be the right note to make the song
sound as it was meant to sound. Time and
energy are spent but when the story is written and the song performed it is
received by the appreciative audience and there is a feeling of accomplishment
that surpasses the sacrifice and the cost.
When I sin and
fall short of what God has meant for me to be, I will feel bad. But that feeling is only a warning
light. Once it goes on I need to stop
and do what I need to do to get things rightly adjusted. I need to repent; to revise my behavior and
retune my being so that I am in sync with the Author of my life and the universe
in which I live. When I do that I will experience
forgiveness and that surpasses any and all sacrifice and cost.
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