Psalm 51:6
Behold, thou dost desire truth in the innermost being.
Our own hearts deceive us, and we lie to ourselves. There will always, in this life, be dark pockets in our hearts where we don't want to go, desires and attitudes that we don't want to face. David knew this, and he asked God to:
Create in me a clean heart, O God, (v. 10)
to dispose of all the dark places hiding there.
(Vs. 16-17) For Thou dost not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; Thou art not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.
There is nothing we can do to turn God's favor toward us, even the most precious thing we have, the most expensive sacrifice, or the hardest thing for us to do.
In the New Testament we learn that:
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
This repeats what David said in the Old Testament, showing that God does not change.
For He is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance (II Peter 3:9)
When we confess, agree with God of the sinfulness of our sins, and turn around our attitudes about it because we regret the evil and unrest and turmoil that comes from our disobedience to the ways God made this world to operate; then God will be faithful to His promise to forgive our sins we've just admitted, and just because Jesus has already paid our debt; and He will also cleanse us of all the rest of the unrighteousness in our hearts we're not aware of yet.
I want God's Truth to saturate my life, even down to the inmost part of my being. Then I will be able to face myself, and to avoid temptation, and to resist the devil in the power of the Holy Spirit, and to show forth in my life God's love for others. And He will receive all the credit, all the glory, because it's all His plan, His program, His purposes and His power.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
