“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.” (Psalm 34:18)
David knew what it was to have a broken heart. He had experienced God’s presence during such times, knowing that king Saul would kill him if an opportunity presented itself.
Our Savior, the Son of David, had been brokenhearted at the tomb of His friend, Lazarus. He had wept over Jerusalem when His own people had turned their backs on God.
David knew contrition. He would come to express it even more as he would weep out his confession regarding his sin with Bathsheba, another man’s wife.
The person is hard indeed if he cannot weep tears of contrition over his sins. I think of Simon Peter, who after denying three times that he knew the Lord, when confronted by the sound of the rooster crowing and the look of the Savior, went out and wept bitterly. The Lord forgave Peter and will forgive you if you come to Him with a broken and contrite heart.
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