August 10

David prayed, “cast me not away from your presence.” In today’s reading God, the One who wanted to live among His people had finally been hurt enough and cast His people away from His presence. This could only come after years, decades even centuries of pleading and warning His people that this would happen if they didn’t turn from their wickedness.

The cool thing that I thought of today is that God’s covenant with me is different. He will never cast me from His presence. The debate over how far I could go from God (by my own decision) will be debated until He comes again, but what I am secure in is my sonship! My sins are paid for therefore He doesn’t treat me with wrath and anger. The only time I have prayed don’t take Your Spirit from me is when I have been wandering away from Him and I feel distant. It is me that walked away – it will never be Him and He will never take His Spirit from me. I am so thankful for the New Covenant! As the song says, “I am secure, I’m confident, that I am loved, I know who I am.”