Day 64- Leviticus 8; John 4; Psalm 51

I borrowed this one excerpt from Henry's commentary because it is the Commandment, yet, we seem to live life in the reverse, do what we want for 6 days so that we can repent on the 7th,

the time of our life, like the six days, must be our preparation for the perfection of our consecration to God in the everlasting sabbath: they attended day and night (v. 35), and so constant should we be in our meditation on God’s law

God speaks to each of us in our language and in our capacity to understand.  We have heard this message before in our readings so far.  Here, Henry comments not only on His speaking, but His doing.

See how industrious our Lord Jesus was to redeem time, to husband every minute of it, and to fill up the vacancies of it. When the disciples were gone into the town, his discourse with the woman was edifying, and suited to her case; when she was gone into the town, his discourse with them was no less edifying, and suited to their case; it were well if we could thus gather up the fragments of time, that none of it may be lost. 

Finally, a historical perspective and description of this Psalm,

Though David penned this psalm upon a very particular occasion, yet, it is of as general use as any of David’s psalms; it is the most eminent of the penitential psalms, and most expressive of the cares and desires of a repenting sinner. It is a pity indeed that in our devout addresses to God we should have any thing else to do than to praise God, for that is the work of heaven; but we make other work for ourselves by our own sins and follies: we must come to the throne of grace in the posture of penitents, to confess our sins and sue for the grace of God; and, if therein we would take with us words, we can nowhere find any more apposite than in this psalm, which is the record of David’s repentance for his sin in the matter of Uriah, which was the greatest blemish upon his character: all the rest of his faults were nothing to this; it is said of him (1 Ki. 15:5 ), That "he turned not aside from the commandment of the Lord all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.’’ 

Off to get ready for church.  Hope to take a little bit of this with me into next week.