Saturday after Ash Wednesday – February 29, 2020 –Psalm 130
[1]Is God’s abundant favor;
His hand of mercy never will
Abandon us, nor waver.
Our shepherd good and true is He,
Who will at last His Israel free
From all their sin and sorrow. [2]
Our Psalm for today is Psalm 130. This Psalm is a cry for mercy. It is a request. In which we call out to God. Asking for His mercy and grace. Quite a fitting prayer. In these verses we are taught, whatever condition you are in, though ever so deplorable, continue calling upon God.
David is confident of a sure forgiveness: “But there is forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayest be feared.”(v.4) The clear message of the gospel. Which you need to hear, especially during this season of Lent is that in Jesus Christ all sin is forgiven period! There is forgiveness in Jesus Christ.
At the cross, the Son of God paid for all sin. There is forgiveness in Jesus Christ. This is why we fear, love and trust in Him above all things. Here we have a sure and certain hope. That God will act. He will bring to pass all that He has promised. All He asks is to wait upon Him and He will bring everything to pass.
Rejoice, O Lord, the countenance of Thy servants; and deliver our souls from the lowest hell, that protected by Thy mercy, we may with spiritual strength tread fleshly desires under foot; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with Thee and the Holy Ghost, One God, world without end. Amen. [3]
Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth Your right hand to help and defend us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen [4]
God of might and compassion, You sent Your Word into the world as a watchman to announce the dawn of salvation. Do not leave us in the depths of our sins, but listen to Your Church pleading for the fullness of Your redeeming grace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. [5]
1. Image: The Psalmist David (Repentance), Schnorr von Carolsfeld woodcuts © WELS for personal and congregational use
2. From Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis
3. A Lenten Prayer © 2005 Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood
4. Collect for Saturday after Ash Wednesday, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm
5. For All the Saints A Prayer book For and By the Church; The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau © 1995 Delhi, NY Vol. II Year 1 The Season After Pentecost p. 741
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