If I have ever claimed perfection or my words have caused you to believe me impervious to the common temptations of man forgive me. Not only am I not perfect I wrestle with Paul for title of “the worst of sinners.” I am imperfect and my imperfection, my stubbornness, my ignorance is the greatest limiter to my usefulness. I tremble at the thought that my failures reflect poorly on the God who calls me His. My imagination reels to think He might see my licentious heart, understand my leprous thoughts, and quietly put me aside. He has not and He will not.

Nathan spoke four fatal words to David: “You are the man!” David was shaken. Exposed sin has this effect on those who are “after God’s own heart.” It moves those who are pursuant of righteousness to confession and repentance. I have not committed adultery with my body but my eyes have betrayed my resolve. I have not murdered with my hands but I have hated in my heart and killed with my tongue. Daily, hourly, I am “the man!” I mourn the weakness of my own humanity and the distance of the pursued perfection. It is the reality of More >