“When
deeds of iniquity overwhelm us…” we look to the Lord to forgive our
transgressions and “save us from weak resignation to the evils we deplore”. (God
of Grace and God of Glory - LBW 415) The psalmist could not have imagined the
awesome deed by which God would get the job done and so sings of a God girded
with might whose strength established the mountains and silenced the roaring of
the seas. But it was God in Jesus Christ who was overwhelmed by our
transgressions and the One who established the mountains and silenced the seas struggled
to climb a hill where with his last cry the whole world was stilled. But if
that is where the story ends it would hardly be a source of hope. As it is death
could not contain the One who established the earth and breaking free from the
grip of the grave God set us free as well so that overwhelmed by grace we might be cured of our warring madness and bend our will to God’s control.
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