Day 4: God’s Eraser

Hebrews 8:12
“For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and will remember their sins no more.”

Driving back to school after enjoying Spring break, our youngest daughter decided to put the pedal to the metal in order to pass a “really cute” guy driving a BMW. Next thing she knew, flashing lights appeared in her rearview mirror, coming from the roof of the BMW. Once she got back to school, she called to let us know she had arrived safely and confessed to receiving a speeding ticket. “I never dreamed a cop would be driving an unmarked BMW!” For a while, it was a lesson that was hard to live down, especially with a dad who loves to make jokes. One day, after another poke of fun from her dad, she had had enough, “Dad, God has forgotten that speeding ticket, can’t you forget?” Needless to say, that was the last time he brought it up.

Our verse for today reminds us of the assurance our hearts can experience when we give our burdens of sin to Him. He doesn’t just forgive, He forgets, destroying the evidence. God doesn’t have a storeroom or archives set up to catalog all of our transgressions for future reference, nor does He need a ‘Delete’ button or ‘BleachBit’ to erase them. Our Father doesn’t brood over our iniquities as we tend to do. He says, “Turn to me with your heart, with fasting and weeping and with mourning and rend your heart.” During this Lenten season, we are again reminded of the plea of John the Baptist for the people to prepare their hearts for the coming of the Lord. Unpardoned sin hinders mercy but, when we lay our iniquities before the Father, He is faithful to pardon, to offer mercy and to remember no more. Let us adore the Lord who delights in mercy and uses an eraser! May this Psalm be our prayer today.

Psalm 130
“Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD;
Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.
If you, LORD, kept a record of sins,
Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
so that we can, with reverence, serve you.” Amen