This week for #shesharestruth we studied Psalm 38 which is about David who is sick with sin and crying out to God.

David is miserable:

“I am completely numb, totally spent, hopelessly crushed.
The agitation of my heart makes me groan.” Psalm 38:8 (The Voice)

His friends have turned away and his enemies are persecuting him:

“Even my friends and loved ones turn away when they see this marked man;
those closest to me are no longer close at all.

Those who want me dead lay traps upon my path;
those who desire my downfall threaten—my end is near—
they spend their days plotting against me.” Psalm 38:11-12 (The Voice)

But, he knows where to run:

“Still I wait expectantly for You, O Eternal One—
knowing You will answer me in some way, O Lord, my True God. Psalm 38:15 (The Voice)

He knows the answer is always wrapped up in the Lord coming to us – we wait for Him because when He comes to us, He forgives & heals.

And when I think of this passage and Lent I am reminded that Jesus became all of this for us, willingly:

He who knew no sin became it.

He was deserted by His friends.

Persecuted by His enemies.

SO THAT, in Him we “might embody the very righteousness of God.”

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“Come quickly to help me, O Lord my savior.” Psalm 38:22 (NLT)

xo,
Stacey