Pslam 32 and Grace

The book of Psalms is a book full of the grace of God. I want to for the next few weeks share the grace of God from selected chapters from the Psalms.

In Psalm 32 there are five aspects of grace that are mentioned.

Psalm 32:1-2

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

The first grace is forgiveness.

The Psalmist mention three things that God forgives.

Transgression means stepping over a boundary marker.

Sin means to miss the mark.

Iniquity means to willfully and deliberately disobey God.

The grace of God forgives all three of these that should bring death.

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is receiving the grace of God’s forgiveness.

Psalm 32:3-5

For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me, my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.

The second grace is honesty.

In 1 Peter 2:22 Peter says that in Jesus’ mouth there was no deceit found. God’s grace enables us to live an honest, transparent, and authentic life that reflects the truth of Jesus.

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is living an authentic life that shows Jesus to others.

Psalm 32:6-9

Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to You at a time when You may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach Him. You are a hiding place for me; You preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. I will instruct and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding; which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.

The third grace is prayer and receiving answers to our prayers.

Prayer is not a right but a privilege. It is only by God’s grace that we can come into the presence of a holy and righteous God. God actually invites us to come to Him in prayer and this is all through His grace. And on top of inviting us to pray, He promises that anything we ask in Jesus’ name He will do.

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is not just believing in prayer, but in prayer taking everything before God and knowing God will answer.

Psalm 32:10

Many are the sorrows of the wicked but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.

The fourth grace is repentance.

Repentance is doing an about face. It is seeing that our lives are going toward sin, which leads to death and turning and going toward God and life.

According to Act 3:19-20 repentance brings times of refreshing and the reality of Jesus’ presence in our lives.

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is repenting and experiencing the joy of God’s steadfast love.

Psalm 32:11

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

The fifth grace is deliverance.

God sent Moses to deliver His people out of slavery in Egypt.

God sent numerous judges to deliver His people from many oppressing nations.

The Father ultimately sent Jesus, the Son, to deliver all people from sin.

God’s deliverance is based solely on His grace, not our deserving it.

All that God does for us is based on His grace.

In His Grace Raising the Roof and Removing the Walls,

                                     Joe