Can God Really Restore Me?
Became a widow when I was thirty-four years old. Since I had married when I was not quite twenty-one, I had no experience as a single adult in the Christian world.
A dear girlfriend warned me about my outgoing behavior and how it could get me into trouble.
She told me that a lot of men, married and single, would think that I was flirting with them.
I dismissed her warning with a laugh. Then her words proved to be true.
“Can God Really Restore Me?” Bible Verse
What does Psalm 40:2 mean in the Bible?
It became evident that some men were more than willing to relieve my loneliness and to excuse immoral behavior with a belief that God “understood.”
I stopped hugging men I didn’t know well and prayed for a spirit of discernment about my own motives in relationships.
Psalm 40:2 Meaning
About the same time, I started speaking at women’s conferences and retreats. Because the women I met were anonymous to me they openly shared their stories.
I was shocked to hear how many Christian women and men were involved in sexual entanglements. The mud and the mire seemed impossible for many to avoid. So many times I heard the words, “God can never forgive me.
I have messed up my whole life. I will never be restored again.”
In Psalm 40 we read one of the many laments of David, and we have good reason to be encouraged. David’s sins were many, and yet God restored him.
I have had so many conversations with women who find themselves in a pit they never anticipated. Their lives have become so entwined with wrongdoing that they see no way to unravel the mess.
Psalm 40:2 Bible verse
But God’s power working in their lives can bring them back up out of that pit. They, like David, will suffer consequences for their sins, but also like David, they will be able to praise God for turning their lives around.
How does he do that?
It is really beyond our ability to comprehend the love of God that cleanses us of our sins by the death of his Son on the cross.
The cross is the scalpel that cuts out the disease in all of us and replaces it with the healing touch of God.
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When we admit our faults, turn from them, and ask God to forgive us, we find ourselves able to make wise choices as never before.
We will still struggle, but we will be standing on a firm foundation.
God’s Power To Restore In Psalm 40:2
Psalm 40 NIV study guide
It isn’t an easy transition but it is possible, and it is worth the effort.
We can embrace the power to see ourselves from God’s perspective: as forgiven and loved.
Father, protect us from the dangers of the many pitfalls in life that can cause us to sin against you.