Day Eleven: Psalm 130:3-4

Written By Joel Limpic

Read

If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.

Listen/Sing

Meditate

Verse 4 begins this way: “But with you…” Our imperfections and inability to stand before God are graciously interrupted. In this case our stains and wanderings are met with not with a stern rebuke but a kind word of forgiveness. God is and forever will be the Kind Interruptor. Our sin is met with and covered by forgiveness and mercy. How do we know this? Though no human could stand sinless before God, Advent reminds us that there was one who could stand. We see this reality in the New Testament: the Person that Psalm 130 longs to see is actually found in Jesus Himself. He lived the life we couldn’t live and died the death we deserved in His first Advent, is currently interceding on our behalf before the Father, and will one day return as our Savior! Allow this truth to spark fresh worship in your heart this season for God and the generous gift of His Son.

Joel Limpic
Previous

Day Twelve: Psalm 130:3-4
Next

Day Ten: Psalm 130:3-4