More rainbows! It is amazing at the number of rainbows that we have seen here, both in the midst of rain and in what appear to be clear blue skies. Todays rainbow as an afternoon one that was a complete arch, from horizon to horizon. This morning I had been reading again in Psalms and was struck by Psalm 50:6. This passage declares: "Let the heavens declare His righteousness, for God himself is Judge." As I watched the rainbow this afternoon and remembered it as a sign of God's covenant, I was reminded of this passage from Psalms. The heavens do truly declare His righteousness for me to wonder at. I was, however, also reminded of the context in which David wrote those words. They were written at times when he was surrounded by the realization of his own sinful nature. In the midst of that understanding or his own iniquity, he proclaims that the heavens declare the righteousness of God, but also that God himself is the only true judge. I am grateful that it is He alone that judges, for I, like David am a sinful man and my iniquity would consume me as well, if it were not for His mercy.
David also wrote that from his youth to his old age, that he had never seen the righteous forsaken. Although David wrote often of his own sin and iniquity, he also so himself as one of those righteous ones. If he could look ahead and claim his righteousness in Christ, then I must also remember that I am the righteousness of God in Christ as well. I am not forsaken and neither are you. Each of our lives have value and purpose to the Lord. That is enough! I choose to walk in that righteousness and to submit to His will as He fulfills His purpose in me.
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