What's the worst thing you’ve ever done? Odds are whatever comes to mind is not greater than the several acts of audacious sin committed by King David. In one scene in scripture, David commits murder, conspiracy, and adultery. But what he does AFTER is paramount to our understanding of worship. You see, if we’re honest, when we sin; When we fail; When we hurt people; When we’re guilty; When we’re apathetic, often our first response is one of three things: we wallow, run from God, or wish it away. We either spiral into condemnation , as has been my proclivity for years, pull further away from God, believing Him to be angry and ready to pounce, or treat our sin so lightly that it becomes evident that we have no true view of grace.

But none of those things is what is good, right, or best— worship is what restores. Confessing our sin. Contemplating our frailty. Communing with God. Only in these things are we made whole. When we fail, we either move toward God , or away from Him , and only the former will bring freedom.

Throne | Consider Your Response | Psalm 51