Psalm 50:7-15
“Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God. Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds. For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. “If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
Lord Jesus, open the eyes of my heart to the hypocrisy that resides within it. I hide behind a shield of self-delusion; I need to have my sin exposed and the smug pride stripped away. The underlying piety and sanctimony laid bare for me to see and repent. Convict me of my sin, Holy Spirit.
