Psalm 5 (An Image of Jesus...)

Psalm 5:

1 O Lord, hear me as I pray;
pay attention to my groaning.

2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God,
for I pray to no one but you.

3 Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord.
Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.

4 O God, you take no pleasure in wickedness;
you cannot tolerate the sins of the wicked.

5 Therefore, the proud may not stand in your presence,
for you hate all who do evil.

6 You will destroy those who tell lies.
The Lord detests murderers and deceivers.

7 Because of your unfailing love, I can enter your house;
I will worship at your Temple with deepest awe.

8 Lead me in the right path, O Lord,
or my enemies will conquer me.
Make your way plain for me to follow.

9 My enemies cannot speak a truthful word.
Their deepest desire is to destroy others.
Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave.
Their tongues are filled with flattery.[a]

10 O God, declare them guilty.
Let them be caught in their own traps.
Drive them away because of their many sins,
for they have rebelled against you.

11 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
let them sing joyful praises forever.
Spread your protection over them,
that all who love your name may be filled with joy.

12 For you bless the godly, O Lord;
you surround them with your shield of love.

I'm reading Psalm 5 for my devotion today, and as I'm reading I can't help but get this overwhelming sense of how great God is. Its that feeling that you get when you come to the realization that everything is, and will be because of God.
Verses 7, really caught my attention today as I read. "Because of your unfailing love, I can enter your house". I mean how much more basic can that get? Its all because of God we can do what we do. I mean, lets think about this, God created the law on Mount Sainai so that the Moses and his people could know how to essentially "be" right standing in God's presence. God gave Israel Kings, so that the Kings could lead the people and determine what needed to be done to honor God and maintain His presence among them. God sent the prophets, so that we would know what God needed and how he required His people to change and repent and be Holy. God sent us Jesus, so that we could break the chains of sin and (inadvertently) the law so that we could truly know God and gap the broken bridge between God and man; so that we could know God completly and walk in His light. Or as Psalm 5 points out "Because of your unfailing love, I can enter your house"
If I could descibe life, the bible, and the church with one sentece it would be this. It is the story of God making a way time and time again so that we might know Him.

PEace