[Songs in the Night - October 25]
If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities [imputing them to us], O Lord, who shall stand?
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared [reverenced]. Psalm 130:3, 4
HOW precious are such assurances when the soul
is painfully conscious of its infirmities, of its utter
inability to fully measure up to the perfect law of
righteousness!
How blessed it is to know that when
our hearts are loyal and true, our God does not mark
against us the unavoidable blemishes of our earthen
vessel!
If we come daily to him for cleansing, through
the merits of our Redeemer, our failures are not imputed
to us, but freely forgiven and washed away.
The perfect righteousness of our Savior is our glorious
dress, arrayed in which we may come to God with
humble boldness, courage—even into the presence of
the great Jehovah, the King of kings and Lord of lords. Z'15-344 R5802:5 (Hymn 213)