Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. (Psalm 32:2)
Blessed is the forgiven person…the person who no longer has to live in guilt, who can rest assured that there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1), who knows that every day he is loved infinitely and unconditionally by the God of this universe, who can wake up to God’s new mercies and go to asleep in God’s abiding grace, who can do nothing to gain more of God’s love or do nothing to lose God’s love, who experiences wave after wave of God’s grace (cf. John 1:16), who has reason to rejoice, reason to hope, reason to live in freedom.
And blessed is the spiritually honest person…the person “in whose spirit is no deceit,” who no longer has to put on a mask before God or pretend to be sufficient in himself, who can openly acknowledge his sin, his weakness, his need for grace, who no longer cherishes secret sin, who yields his life to God, who prays LORD, search me and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts (Psalm 139:23), who no longer has to play games with God or maintain his image, prove his worth or project a false persona to others, who is free from sin by being open to the daily work of the Spirit in his heart.
This is the blessed life. Total honesty before a holy God and total forgiveness from a gracious God. No more guise. No more guilt. No more self-righteousness. No more self-condemnation. No more secret sins. No more shame.
Thank You, LORD, for grace! May I live in Your grace today.