ONE MORE CHANCE

Proclamation:

"You forgave the iniquity of Your people and covered all their sins.  You set aside all Your wrath and turned from Your fierce anger.  Restore us again, O God our Savior, and put away Your displeasure toward us."  Psalms 85:2-4 (NIV)

Explanation:

This psalm was written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by the sons of Korah.  They recorded the fact that God has forgiven His people in the past, and they were praying that God would forgive them again.  They recognized that they had sinned and sinned again, and they were asking God to restore them to His good graces.  

Application:

Today we recognize that we have all messed up and sinned against God. (Psalm 51:4)  We realize that we have sinned in the past and we know that The Bible teaches us that if we confess our sins that He will forgive us. (1 John 1:9)  Our problem is that we have sinned again and now we need to ask God for forgiveness again.  We need one more chance.  We are not asking for a second chance, we messed that one up a long time ago.  We need His forgiveness, and we need another chance.  We also need to pray for His help and His guidance in order to sin less and to do the right thing.  This is especially true for any sin which we commit repeatedly.  We need His help to turn from our sinful ways. (2 Chronicles 7:14)  Only He can restore us to His good graces and return us to a right fellowship with Him.  Only He can restore to us the joy of our salvation. (Psalm 51:12)