Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.
If you, LORD, kept a record of sins,
Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
so that we can, with reverence, serve you.
I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits,
and in his word I put my hope.
I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen wait for the morning,
more than watchmen wait for the morning.
Israel, put your hope in the LORD,
for with the LORD is unfailing love
and with him is full redemption.
He himself will redeem Israel
from all their sins.
(Psalm 130)
Wow! Now this paints such a brilliant picture of God's faithfulness to me! Think about it. If God kept a record of our sins, we would really be hopeless! We couldn't stand a chance in this world! But God has given us all hope and freedom through the blood that his son, Jesus Christ, shed on the cross as a payment for my sins and for yours as well. He offers forgiveness and new life to each one of us, regardless of the things we have done or haven't done. He promises to pick us up right where we are and make us new! His love is unfailing, and unconditional. There is nothing we can do to earn it. God brings hope to the hopeless, rest to the restless. He brings peace and forgiveness to all who ask and believe. To all who seek him and wait upon him, he renews their strength and hope! God is our great redeemer! To redeem something is to turn it in or to exchange it. God redeems us by taking our sin and exchanging the penalty for it, which is death, with life through the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross. God is our great redeemer!
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