Oh God, you are my God, early I seek you, my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you, as in a barren land where there is no water. Therefore, I have gazed upon you in your holy place that I might behold your power and glory. Psalm 63:1-2
“For your loving kindness is better than life itself, my lips shall give you praise. I will bless you as long as I live and lift up my hands to your name. My soul is content, as with marrow and fatness and my mouth praises you with joyful lips when I remember you on my bed and meditate on you in the night watches. For you have been my helper and under the shadow of your wings I will rejoice. My soul clings to you and your right hand holds me fast.”
“No one who believed in Him will be put to shame, for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, the same Lord is Lord of all and generous to all who call upon Him. Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart, that is the word of faith that we proclaim; because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. Romans 10
The Lord is full of compassion, slow to anger and of great kindness. He will not always accuse us, nor will he keep his anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins nor rewarded us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our wickedness. Psalm 103:8-10
Our God is truly gracious and full of compassion for us; “For as the heavens are high above the earth, so is His mercy great upon those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has be removed our sins from us. As a father cares for his children, so does the Lord care for those who fear Him, for He Himself knows whereof we are made, He remembers that we are but dust.”
But now O Lord, You are our Father, we are the clay, and You our potter and we are all the work of your hands, do not be furious O Lord, nor remember our iniquity forever. Isaiah 64:8
Have mercy on me O God, according to your loving-kindness, in your great compassion blot our my offenses, wash me through and through from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sins, for I know my transgressions and my sin is ever before me, against you only have a sinned and done what is evil in your sight, and so you are justified when you speak and upright in your judgement, indeed I have been wicked from my birth, a sinner from my mother’s womb. For behold, you look for truth deep within me and will make me understand wisdom secretly. Purge me from my sin and I shall be pure, wash me and I shall be clean indeed. Psalm 51:1-9
But, we are like an unclean thing and all of our righteousnesses are like filthy rags, we all fade as a leaf. Isaiah 64:6
“Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly receive the word planted in you, which can save your souls.” Help us, Lord!
He bore the sin of many, and made intersession for the transgressors. Isaiah 53:12
Jesus bore our sins and continually makes intersession for us when we sin, but how do we thank Him? Time and time again we turn away from Him, we transgress and rebel, we continually grieve His Holy Spirit, but my brothers and sisters in Christ, let us not put Christ to the test, because he promised, that, while he is merciful, His Spirit will not always strive with us.
“All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned, every one to his own way, and the Lord has laid on Him, the iniquity of us all.”
My brothers and sisters in Christ, Jesus bore the shame for our sins. “He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before its shearers is silent. He was taken from prison and judgment and who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living, for the transgression of My people He was stricken. He had done no violence, nor was there any deceit in His mouth, yet, it pleased the Lord to bruise Him” What a price Jesus had to pay for a crime He did not commit!
He was despised and rejected by men; a Man of sorrow and acquainted with grief, and we hid, as it were, our faces from Him. He was despised and we did not esteem Him. Isaiah 53:3
“Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, yet, we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted; but He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes, we are healed.” Praise the Lord! Thank you, Lord!
Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
I have set the Lord always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Psalm 16:8
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine! When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, and the flames will not set you ablaze. Isaiah 43:1,2