24 I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt. 25 And the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight. (2 Sam 22:24-25)
When I read this passage or similar ones in the Psalms, I think that David must have written this before his affair with Bathsheba. Otherwise, how could he declare that he is blameless or kept from guilt? How could he possibly think the Lord would reward him according to his own righteousness. What righteousness did David think he had? And then he considers that God counts him clean in His sight?
This song of David appears long after his sin with Bathsheba. Then it hit me. After David was confronted with his sin, the Lord told him that his sin had been put away. (And Nathan said to David, “The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die” 2 Sam 12:13).
This is a huge lesson and very hard for us to learn when we have been struggling with sin or when our past sin comes to haunt us. The Lord puts away our sin and we are counted as righteous. Why shouldn’t we speak as David did about our life in Christ? I am blameless in his sight. I didn’t keep myself from guilt, but He did, and He will. I have God’s righteousness, not my own. When He sees me, He see the cleanness of Jesus. He will also keep me that way. So I need to tell myself (or Satan the Accuser) this when the past tries to get me down.
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy (Jude 24).
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