Out of Sight!

This used to a slang word for amazing – at least it was in the 70’s & 80’s. Someone might say: “Man, that was out of sight!” I’ve not used that phrase or heard that phrase used in a good minute. I am reading through Psalms in my journey and came across that phrase and in a sense,  it used more literally. Check this out…..

¹ Oh, what joy for those
    whose disobedience is forgiven,
    whose sin is put out of sight!
² Yes, what joy for those
    whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt,
    whose lives are lived in complete honesty!

⁸ The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.
    I will advise you and watch over you.

¹⁰ Many sorrows come to the wicked,
    but unfailing love surrounds those who trust the Lord.
¹¹ So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him!
    Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure! (Psalm 32:1-2,8,10-11 NLT)

I am so thankful for the Lord’s forgiveness. I didn’t think much about my sin being put out of His sight. Unfortunately, I can still recall my sin. There are experiences in my past that I can clearly recall even this morning some 40-45 years later. Sin seeks to steal, kill and destroy me from the inside out. Passages like the one I read from King David’s journey really give me perspective on the amazing, relentless and reckless love of God.

“Forgiven” by Crowder

1: I’m the one who held the nail

It was cold between my fingertips

I’ve hidden in the garden

I’ve denied You with my very lips

Pre-Chorus: God, I fall down to my knees

With a hammer in my hand

You look at me, arms open

Chorus: Forgiven, forgiven!

Child there is freedom from all of it

Say goodbye to every sin

You are forgiven!

2:  I’ve done things I wish I hadn’t done

I’ve seen things I wish I hadn’t seen

Just the thought of Your amazing grace

And I cry, ”Jesus, forgive me!”

I could’ve been six feet under

I could’ve been lost forever

Yeah, I should be in that fire

B: But now there’s fire inside of me

Here I am a dead man walking

No grave gonna hold God’s people

All the weight of all our evil

Lifted away forever free

Who could believe, who could believe?

I’m profoundly thankful for forgiveness from the Lord and He calls me to be a dispenser of it too. He also removes my sin completely out of His sight. He removes my sin from His memory. The more I grow to know His grace, the more I can forgive myself for stupid things in my past. I can’t change my past, but my future does come from choices that I make today. I feel like I’m redeeming my past with each God-honoring choice I make today. In fact, my past is ALREADY out of sight!

Pressing On!

Dwayne