The
Wanderer:
This is an
amazing story about a young man who turns his back on his family in
order to fulfill his lustful and greedy heart. Far from home, he
finds himself in Africa, wasted and hopeless, until...well, of
course you will have to read the book. But the main beauty of the
story is that it is based on Psalm 32. Each chapter teaches an
important spiritual and moral principle. This will no doubt be our
book of the year this year but before it arrives, I thought I would
share some of the beauty of Psalm 32. Note the matching terms on
both ends below. It will help to read these forms from both ends
toward the middle, where the central theme is located.
Psalm 32:5:
A. I made known my sin to you
B. Did not cover my
guilt
C.
I said, 'I shall confess my transgression
B'. You took away my guilt
A'. You forgave my sin.
The central theme is confessing my transgression. Otherwise, we are
dominated by guilt. Confession of our transgressions are the only
way to unburden ourselves of guilt. Many a person has been held
captive by keeping their sin hidden. The Psalmist continues this
beautiful structural device by framing this Psalm with the word
"lifted/forgiven." In Psalm 32 verses 1-5, we read:
A. Transgression lifted/forgiven
B. Sin is covered
C. the
Lord does not account Iniquity
D.
I kept silent
D'
I acknowledged my sin
C'.
I did not cover my Iniquity
B'. Transgression
confessed
A'. Iniquity of sin lifted/forgiven
Again the Psalmist brings us back to the main theme of forgiveness
through the act of making our sin known, in contrast of keeping
silent. Oh, how many of us live in guilt and shame because our fear
of disclosure is greater than our faith in God's
forgiveness.
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