Cry Out to God!

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!

O Lord, hear my voice!

Let your ears be attentive

to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

 

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,

O Lord, who could stand?

But with you there is forgiveness,

that you may be feared.

 

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,

and in His word I hope;

my soul waits for the Lord

more than watchmen for the morning,

more than watchmen for the morning.

 

O Israel, hope in the Lord!

For with the Lord there is steadfast love,

and with Him is plentiful redemption.

And He will redeem Israel

from all His iniquities.

 

As the famous sermon goes, “we are sinners in the hands of an angry God.”  An idea wildly unpopular in our society, we love those who love us.  We surround ourselves with false prophets who celebrate our goodness and friends who pretend we are holy.  It’s time Christians get back to the basics…

Who could stand before the one true and holy God?  He commands us in Matthew 5.48 to “be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”  Not moral, not upright, not religious – perfect. 

Why don’t we take a step back and quit attempting to justify ourselves before the Living God.  If you continue, you’re stupid and foolish. God does not need your work.  The gifts you give Him were never yours to give.  Everything is His.  If I can see past your prideful, self-righteous sham, I get the silly impression that an all-knowing, all-powerful God just might be looking through it as well.  Give it up.

Cry out to the Savior; place your hope in the Lord! He has given us mercy; His redemption is bountiful and free.  It does not end and it does not waver.  He frees us from all of our iniquities!  He gives us hope, love and freedom.  He intercedes for us, blotting out our seemingly endless transgression.  Waiting for the Lord is so much more satisfying than constantly trying to prove Find comfort and peace in His word and wait for the Lord in peace.