Repentance and Confession with God's Forgiveness for His Building

"Do not cast me from Your presence,
And do not take the Spirit of Your holiness away from me." -Psa.51:11

David knows that God's presence is his blessing. And if he loses God's presence, he loses everything.

In Exodus, even Moses bargained with God for His presence to go with him and the people of Israel. God's presence is their "map" that shows His people the way they should take.

The Lord's presence is actually the Spirit of reality, the all-inclusive Spirit mingled in our spirit. Today, He is our "heavenly GPS".

However, even though we already received the Lord in our spirit, the fellowship can be hindered by our transgressions. All believers are vulnerable to sin. In this Psalm, we have a pattern, David after receiving the highest revelation in the Old Testament (that is the house, the dwelling place of God and David desired to build it), broke the last five commandments of God with a single act. So he repented genuinely and made a thorough confession.

Like David, we need to confess thoroughly all the time. We have to repent and make a thorough confession of our shortcomings. We should ask the Lord to blot out all our transgressions. We should not let these sins block the fellowship with the Lord in our spirit.

If we have the Lord's presence, we will have wisdom, insight, foresight, and the inner knowledge concerning things. If we lose God's presence, we lose everything. The Lord's presence is everything to us.


Morning Revival Series: Crystallization-study of the Psalms (2) MR week #9

Crucial point: David asked God not to cast him from His presence

Key subpoints:
A. The Spirit is the presence of the Triune God
B. If we have the Lord's presence, we have wisdom, insight, foresight, and the inner knowledge concerning things

Scriptural base: Psalm 51:11

Additional reference: Ex. 33:14 footnote; Joshua 7:4 footnote