O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked. Psalm 7:9 (Psalms 7, 25, 26)
God knows your heart. When the world is writing an incorrect narrative of your actions, motives and desires, God is not! He is truth and knows the authenticity of you! David took tremendous comfort in this given and let it lead him back to the heart of God, over and over again. The wicked will fall to the trouble they created, but those who seek God will prevail.
David was not a saint. He was guilty of serious crimes and left a tsunami of tragedy in the wake. Not oblivious to the action/reaction he was responsible for, David was known to have his seasons of depression, but he knew grace! He asked to be forgiven and rescued from the destruction of his iniquities for himself, his family and his nation. God answered with love.
Psalm 26, contrasting the lament for sins in Psalm 25, is a celebration of forgiveness. We are made clean by the Holiness of God and His son’s sacrifice. This foundation is solid, invincible ground. Find me standing on the Promises of truth, inside and out……with David, and every other sinner saved by grace.
Love,
Gretchen