Psalms of Ascent Part 11

Psa 130:1 A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
Psa 130:2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Psa 130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Psa 130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
Psa 130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Psa 130:6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Psa 130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
Psa 130:8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

This Psalm brings out an important element in our Christian life. We all have great depths of sin in our lives. Actual sins committed, but far more sin resident within our hearts, ready to burst out should God not hold it in check. If God looked and was unwilling to blot out our many iniquities, none of us would be able to stand before Him.
God forgives us, because He is forgiving. However there is a second part to that. His forgiveness is so that He may be feared, that His holiness and justice may be revealed, like a criminal standing before a judge convicted, but then given a pardon. It is given that he may have a chance to change not so that he may do that for which he was originally dragged before the judge. This is why Christ said, “Go and sin no more…” The old debt is paid and forgiven so that a change may be brought about.
The Psalmist waits for his deliverance, he knows himself unable to deliver himself from the power of sin. He waits and hopes in the Lord with the same expectancy found in a guard on duty waiting for the glimmer of dawn to show him his work is done.
In the end of this psalm it is shown that God not only forgives sin, but redeems. Redemption is to deliver one from the slavery to the sin. He does this not only for a select few sins, but for all sin. Is there a sin or bondage in your life? Than God desires to redeem you from it, so that you will no longer serve it, but Him. Praise His holy Name!