"Vindicated"

"Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me." (Psalms 35:24) To have the complete right to ask God to judge you, you had better make sure that He is the LORD your God; that isn't that hard to figure out, however there are many who swear to God, yet do not tell the truth; probably thinking that either God does not care if they lie, or that He really isn't there to listen. Now, what do think makes a person God does not care or is not there to listen? Most assuredly, I will say, that it is because they do not feel His presence in their life; which is not to say that they do not believe in God, but it's just that they do not believe that God is here or even near, watching over all of our lives. If you have ever talked with someone that feels that way, then you might know what I am talking about. But really; what are we thinking when we sin? if not the exact same thing? When you visit that forbidden website, our you sitting there thinking God is watching you, or our you thinking He has stepped away? or do you even care? If He is LORD of your life, then there really isn't any down time from Him being over your life; it is a 24 hour, seven day a week journey that we are on, all the way to the Promised Land; and there should be no looking back! That said, what David is asking here goes beyond our simple life of do's and don'ts; this is about God's righteousness, which far surpasses anything that we are capable of accomplishing; however, God's righteousness also includes His covenant-keeping, meaning that which He has sworn to, because keeps His promises; and if God says that you are forgiven of your sins, then you can believe with all certainty that you are forgiven... "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into His grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God." (Romans 5:1 & 2)