October 18, 2012

Author: Andrew Comiskey
October 18, 2012
‘Offer right sacrifices, and trust in the Lord.’ (Ps. 4:5)

David asks that we make right, or fitting, sacrifices to the Lord. What does this mean? David explains it himself after his heart-rending confession of adultery in Psalm 51: ‘The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.’(v17).

Perhaps after our quiet examination of soul in the days preceding, we might agree with him. Each of us is subject to the adultery of this day; none are blameless. Our foundational sacrifice is our cry for mercy. I love the Roman Catholic ‘Mystery of Faith’ in which we pray: ‘Save us, Savior of the world, for by Your cross and resurrection, You have set us free.’ Free yes, yet still crying out for saving mercies. Such a cry can emanate only from a broken spirit. We offer our whole being to Him, and cleave.

‘On my bed I remember You; I think of You through the watches of the night. Because You are my help, I sing in the shadow of Your wing. My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.’ (Ps. 63: 7, 8)

‘Father, as we mature in You, we grow more dependent; as trust grows, we rely less on our strength and more on Yours. Reduce us to offering our whole broken selves to You, for You to do with what You will. In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we confess our sins of cowardice and compromise. We have violated Your holy commands in regards to what we have done to our bodies and other bodies. And in our compromise we have become cowards, unwilling to stand for what we know to be true for the dignity of all. We ask that You might have mercy on Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington; uphold marriage in these states, and in our nation, as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on ‘gay marriage.’
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