Psalm 32: Hiding From God or Hidden In God? | Matthew Maher | Landmark Church

When we stop covering our sin, God starts covering our shame.

Psalm 32:1-2

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Blessing doesn’t begin when you behave — Blessing begins when you are forgiven.

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all the day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah

Silence about our sin does not remove the consequence of our sin.

Psalm 32:5

I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

Confession doesn’t alert God, it aligns us with God.

Psalm 32:6-7

For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near him. You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah

God’s grace runs deep — but it also runs out.

Psalm 32:8-9

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.

If we won’t be guided by God’s eye, we’ll be broken by God’s hand.

Psalm 32:10-11

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him. Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Sorrow is the inheritance of the wicked; but mercy is the heritage of the righteous.