God Promises His Unfailing Love

Psalm 6:4 Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
 
WITH, “Turn O LORD.” David confesses he is behind God. He has neglected the LORD’s commands. God has turned his face from his anointed king. Psalms 34:16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. How can David hope to once more live in God’s blessing: “The LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace." (Numbers 6:25-26)
   David knows his hope for a renewed relationship with God is in God’s unfailing love. He believes God will hear his repentant prayer and will turn once again to a face-to-face relationship with him. His confidence is in the LORD’s love.
   How did David come to that faith? Again, we can refer you to 1 Samuel 16-1 Kings 2. David’s story is a very human story of victory and praise to God mixed with defeat and pleading for God’s deliverance. Several times God could have permanently turned his face from David and chosen another king to rule Israel as he did with King Saul.
   But there was a distinct difference in Saul’s and David’s relationships with God. The LORD saw David as man after his own heart (1 Samuel 13:14). That means David’s purpose in life was to follow God’s law and to live in his will. Saul’s purpose was to follow his own desires. He put God on the outer edge of his life, scarcely paying any attention to the one who had chosen him to be king. God knew that David, unlike Saul, would rule Israel in the LORD’s will. Yes, David failed miserably with several immoral decisions. But David’s response to his sin was to grieve the sin, repent of the sin and believe in God’s forgiveness. In contrast, King Saul was oblivious to God’s leading. He regularly rejected God’s commands. He rarely had remorse or repentance in his heart. Saul lived behind God, with no interest in seeing God’s face.
   David, though, loved God. David was confident of a renewed, pure relationship with God because God is love. He will not abandon you when your heart yearns for his face to bless you and give you his peace.
   When you are saved in Jesus, this is the Holy Trinity’s relationship with you. Know that when you sin, you can trust God’s forgiveness. Your Father continually loves those who repent and seek his face.
   The Bible proves this. God called Israel to a faithful love inn Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. When most of the nation disobeyed this command, God’s love always kept a remnant in Israel who faithfully worshiped God only. In the Father’s love Jesus then came to affirm he so loved the world…that whoever believed in Jesus would be saved. (from John 3:16) The Spirit then poured forth God’s love onto the world at Pentecost. Acts 2:4 All of the apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. And the gospel has been preached to a broken unbelieving world because God’s love never fails.  
   Do temptations and circumstance threaten to put you behind God? Are you believing you have lost a gracious, loving relationship with the Father? Then call on him with full anticipation his unfailing love will restore and renew your life into God’s will.