God Promises to Redeem You

Psalms 130:7-8 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. 8 He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.
 
YOU can see the gospel in this entire psalm. Take a minute to read its eight verses and see the pattern of salvation.
   First you see our problem is a deep grief for one’s sins. V 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD. Depth refers to the deep of the sea, a place of threat and chaos. Salvation begins when the human soul realizes we are in turmoil because of one’s deep separation from God.
   What are we to do? With God’s help we know only the LORD’s mercy will raise us from our despair. The Spirit gives us the wisdom to seek him in prayer and the understanding to await his response. V 2 O LORD, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. We understand God’s mercy is the only possible reason God will listen to our cry for help. V 3 If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O LORD, who could stand?
   And then God’s forgiveness is his key to unlock our sin’s bonds. V 4 But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared. We receive his forgiveness and begin to worship the LORD for his mercy. We know there is nothing you can do until the LORD acts, so with faith and anticipation we v 5 wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. 6 My soul waits for the LORD more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. How eager is our spirit lost in sin to see God’s redeeming forgiveness. The morning of our new life in Christ dawns. We  have come from darkness’ depths  into the light of Jesus’ salvation.
   The message is clear. O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins. What joy and peace to know that with God is full redemption.
   Redemption is the Bible’s central theme. That’s why we call it God’s Love Story. All that happens from Genesis to Revelation is the fulfillment of God’s plan to redeem the soul held deep in sin’s bondage. The apostle Paul gives us a glorious summary of God’s redemptive promise come true through Jesus: Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope – the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
   Yes, God’s redemptive promise is real to all who know the depth of their sin, who cry out to God for his mercy and who receive his forgiveness. May the power of the Living Christ be in you and all you love who have yet to confess, “Jesus is my Savior.”