A Psalm of True Recovery

By Chad Prigmore

​We are born in iniquity and rebel against God by nature. The world, being in rebellion will fool the unregenerate into believing their sin being manifest as addictions are only disease and their problems are the symptoms. But in truth our addictions are the deadly fruit of sin which we are helpless to ever be truly freed from outside of the sacrificial blood of Jesus Christ. 

Jeremiah 17:9 tells us that, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?" And the apostle Paul tells us in Romans 3:10-12, ..."None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one."

So how does the rebellious sinner overcome their very inborn nature? By being born again as a new creation in Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17 makes clear the saving miracle of regeneration through Christ, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."

The 32 Psalm

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
 Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.  
For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah 
I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah 
Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.
 You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah 
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. 
Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.
 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD.
 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!