Dependence Math
I’ve said many times before “We as
humans talk a lot of garbage for people who nearly fall over simply putting on
underwear.” If you don’t believe me next time you get out of the shower,
see how good your balance really is. We depend on God for so much
including our breath. Don’t believe me hold your breath and see how long
before you’re gasping for the very air he provides. Psalm 130 is
dependence math, and I just coined that term. It is a short chapter that
breaks down how much we truly depend on God. I call it dependence math
because it brings it all down to the lowest common denominator. What do
you as a person need and why do you need it? We are sinful creatures we
need hope and forgiveness. It’s as basic as that.
Psalm 130
“From the depths of despair, O Lord, I
call for your help. Hear my cry, O Lord. Pay attention to my
prayer. Lord if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever
survive? But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you.
I am counting on the Lord; yes I am counting on Him. I have put my
hope in his word. I long for the Lord more than the sentries long for the
Dawn, yes, more than the sentries long for the Dawn. O, Israel hope in
the Lord; for with the Lord there is unfailing love. His redemption
overflows. He himself will redeem Israel from every kind of sin.”
Only through the blood of Jesus Christ
can we ever be worthy in God’s eyes.
It’s exactly like these two passages
from songs by Chris Tomlin and Casting Crowns.
“We fall down
We lay our crowns
At the feet of Jesus
The greatness of mercy and love
At the feet of Jesus.
And we cry holy, holy, holy
We cry holy, holy, holy
Is the Lamb.”
“Your mercy saved me
Mercy made me whole
Your mercy found me
called me as your own.”
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