Source of Hope

Psalms 5:7 (KJV) But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

(Proverbs 30 also read)

The idea being expressed at least through the second half of this chapter is the way in which God reaches out to those who are called righteous.  What is it that makes them righteous?  A couple of things in this verse.  They come into His temple.  They set their face and direct their feet with a specific desire to be in the presence of God.

Second, they can count on what the KJV calls the multitude of his mercy.  “Mercy” again is that word “loving kindness”, chesed.  That part should be obvious.  What I would like to point out for those of you who are locked into the Old Testament being a pool of law and legalism, the law is not mentioned at all in this chapter.  Loving kindness is mentioned, as is translated mercy.  Righteousness is mentioned . And the source of that is found in the love of God.

So?  Recognize grace when you see it.  God does not have to love us.  In spite of what He doesn’t have to do He still does.  Here rooted in the Old Testament is a reminder that we approach Him, and He responds to us, not because of the law, but because of His character.