“Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities.”
Psalm 51:9 KJV
This is a psalm of confession that has been sung for ages, written by David when his sins were exposed by the prophet of God. “Hide my sins from your face; erase all my guilt by your saving grace.” Imagine composing a song about your failure and making it public for all time. David was not so much concerned about what the people thought but what God thought. He wanted to be clean before God. David was not just ashamed of what others would think but that he had been seen by God. True remorse has no thought about reputation, but of righteousness. After the finished work of the Cross and with true repentance we come to Jesus, the One Who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled Blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel. Thank God for the Blood of Jesus. Amen!
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