Psalm 19:12-13 New Living Translation
“How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. Keep your servant from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin.”
I am fully aware that this devotional blog is not all about ME, but rather ministering God’s word to whosoever would partake of it. Therefore, since I don’t think I can improve upon the study note for these verses found in the pages of the Life Application Study Bible, here it is …
“Many Christians are plagued by guilt. They worry that they many have committed a sin unknowingly, done something good with selfish intentions, failed to put their whole heart into a task or neglected what they should have done. Guilt can play an important role in bringing us to Christ and in keeping us behaving properly, but it should not cripple us or make us fearful. God fully and completely forgives us – even for those sins we do unknowingly.”
Sin doesn’t ever need to control you, but since we are human and Satan lives to disrupt the life of the believer, it can happen. It’s a matter of where your focus lies. Is it on the thing that has you bound or is it on the chain breaker, Jesus Christ? Nothing can harm or shackle us unless we give in to it. Temptation is one sin that is relentless in its quest to debilitate us. Fear not, for the Lord wins every battle and will help you overcome any sin that gnaws at you continuously. It is not God’s plan to have us live in fear, constantly looking over our shoulder. Victory can be ours by shifting our focus and leaving it where it belongs. Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing!
Resource: The Life Application Study Bible; Study note for Psalm 19:12-13; page 1136.
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