DAILY?READINGS: 2 Chronicles 10-11; Ezekiel 34; John 13:1-30
David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
1 Samuel 24:5
And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said … I have sinned greatly … for I have done very foolishly. 2 Samuel 24:10
David, like us, made many mistakes, but as “a man after God’s heart” he was usually quick to acknowledge his sin. Oh for a tender heart to hear the Holy Spirit’s voice as He points out my sin—whether it be a thought running out of control; a word ill-spoken; or possibly some sinful action—so that in brokenness and confession, I continue to walk in fellowship, with nothing between my Lord and me.
—David Croudace
Ah! Give me, Lord, the tender heart that trembles at the approach of sin;
A godly fear of sin impart, implant, and root it deep within. —C. Wesley