Devotional 3-12-08

God is………..
Psalm 130

A Pilgrim Song
1-2 Help, God—the bottom has fallen out of my life! Master, hear my cry for help! Listen hard! Open your ears! Listen to my cries for mercy.

3-4 If you, God, kept records on wrongdoings, who would stand a chance? As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit, and that's why you're worshiped.

5-6 I pray to God—my life a prayer—and wait for what he'll say and do. My life's on the line before God, my Lord, waiting and watching till morning, waiting and watching till morning.

7-8 O Israel, wait and watch for God—with God's arrival comes love, with God's arrival comes generous redemption. No doubt about it—he'll redeem Israel, buy back Israel from captivity to sin.
The Message (MSG)

In verse 1-2 The Psalmist is speaking with God lamenting about his trouble and asking God to listen to his cries. We all need to speak with God as we would speak to a friend or family about our problems. God is a good listener. But we need to listen for his answers; we need to be a better listener.

In verse 3-4, the Psalmist states what we all should know. God is Love and that his forgiveness is forever. Something we all need to learn and that is forgiveness no matter what or who we need to forgive.

Verse 5-6, the Psalmist is dedicating his life to God and waiting for God to call him to his serve.

We all have been called by God by the giving of gifts. We just need to realize what are gift is and dedicate it to God’s glory.

In verse 7-8, Psalmist is foretelling the coming of God into the flesh. And the redemptive love that he will bring to all.

During this Lent time let us all learn to speak with God and listen to his answers. To know God’s love and forgiveness and share that with all we encounter.

And know that God will become man and that man, Christ, will be our Savior and redeemer.

He is Love,
Fred Herr