Daily Reading
Daily Reflection
Lent is a time to do what one man calls "personal inventory". It won't take long in the inventory process, if we are honest, to find the sin and muck that entangles our lives. Guilt. How do you deal with it? David was a man who was overwhelmed with shame over the state of his own soul. Exposed by the prophet Nathan as an adulterer and a murderer, David begins this confession talking not about what he's done, but about God's character. He asks God to act towards him based on his steadfast love and abundant mercy. "Have mercy on me, O God" echoes the prayer of the tax collector in Luke 18 who, without any reservations or qualifications, simply looks to the mercy of God and "went home that day justified." Confession, and repentance, begins where excuse making ends, and life out of death emerges as we trust solely in the mercy of God. The "joy of our salvation" is rooted in a deep apprehension of God's mercy. How much more, on this side of Jesus' work on the cross can we understand that mercy? Thank God for his mercy, seen most vividly in Jesus' death for you, and ask him to restore the joy of your salvation this lenten season.
Daily Worship Resources
Morning Readings: Psalms 121 > | Micah 7:18-20 >
Evening Readings: Romans 3:21-31 >
Other Resources
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