Verse of the Day 7/30

Verse of the Day 7/30

Psalm 51:13-15

The Message

God, make a fresh start in me,

    shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life.
Don’t throw me out with the trash,
    or fail to breathe holiness in me.
Bring me back from gray exile,
    put a fresh wind in my sails!
Give me a job teaching rebels your ways
    so the lost can find their way home.
Commute my death sentence, God, my salvation God,
    and I’ll sing anthems to your life-giving ways.
Unbutton my lips, dear God;

    I’ll let loose with your praise.

Psalm 51 records David's repentance after his adultery with Bathsheba.  He had hit rock bottom and came to the Lord for forgiveness and healing and restoration.

This is another passage the reads differently after going through great loss.  The Message has David asking to be brought back from "gray exile".  Grief and other heartaches in life can lead to that "gray" feeling.  No sunshine or breaks in the cloiuds visible on the horizon.  Still David holds onto hope.  He prays "create in me a clean heart"m for a "Genesis work"  (The Message) to be done in his life, but it is not just for his benefit, he wants to be able to sing God's praise again and to be able to teach others, that they might learn of God's ways that lead to life.

The prayers come from hitting rock bottom, being crushed like mortar.  But stop and think,  What is mortar used for, it is for building up, holding bricks of a building or a wall together. That;s where faith comes in, it is faith that God usess to build us up.  It has been for ages.

When I close my eyes, I can see Your glory
When I raise my hands, I can touch Your face
When I bow my knees, I stand before You
And Christ is formed me

(chorus)
Awake my soul, prepare an entrance for Your glory
And let my heart become a throne for You to dwell
And when I need Your Holy Spirit more than life itself
Then Christ is formed in me

When I lose myself, I reflect Your image
When I break, I break my will, then I am whole
When I give, give my all, I find life everlasting
Then Christ is formed in me                             (Awake My Soul - Philips, Craig and Dean)

Blessings,

Mike

Folllow the Verse of the Day blog at http://mikesvotd.blogspot.com

Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.  NIV

Psalm 51:7-15

New International Version

7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;

    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
    let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins
    and blot out all my iniquity.

10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence
    or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
    and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
    so that sinners will turn back to you.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
    you who are God my Savior,
    and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 Open my lips, Lord,
    and my mouth will declare your praise.