Changed in His Presence - Sam Hinn

Come to the Mercy Seat
to God. He placed himself in a position of total
yield to God's mercy.
David then wrote "Blot out my
transgressions." Hebrew for blot is machah, "to
stroke or rub, to erase." He asked for God to
"stroke, erase, rub out my transgressions, all my
rebellion, sin and trespasses."
"Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity." The
word wash in Hebrew is kabac, which means, "to
trample; hence to wash by the stamping with the
feet." When we ask God to wash us thoroughly
from our iniquity, the process is not very
pleasant, because it means He will deal with
that iniquity as if He were stamping it out with
His feet. Praise God, though, when He deals
with it, it is done.
David continued His prayer with "and
cleanse me from my sin." Cleanse in Hebrew is
naqah, meaning "to be made clean, to be
innocent." Don't you love the look on the face of
an innocent child? Once we have sinned and
rebelled, we can never gain innocence back on
our own. But when the Lord cleanses us, He
gives us back our innocence.
Then he prayed, "For I acknowledge my
transgressions, and my sin is ever before me."
David was responsible for his behavior and
fully accepted the guilt.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be
clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken may
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