“Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me: Then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.”

Psalm 19:12-14 KJV

This walk we have can be arduous when we stray from the narrow path into the swamps of sin.  It is so confusing that we still stumble or even brazenly walk into those swamps.   Aren’t we supposed to be sanctified, effectively free from sin?

Our only hope is the impossible grace of Jesus, that inexhaustible river of forgiveness which flows from the very throne in Heaven.  He demonstrated it so vividly when he poured out his very life for us from the Cross.   As proof, we can’t stray too far away from Him that His arm is too short to lovingly reign us into His bosom.

I grew up hearing the last part of this verse as a benediction every Sunday but never caught the deep significance of it in context.  It was just part of a bigger weekly ceremony I was supposed to take part in.  In reality, it was David’s cry to the Lord for help, to stay on the path of righteousness no matter how many times he strayed away.

May it be our cry today as well.