Humbled or Hardened

"David said unto God, I have sinned greatly… and called upon the LORD; and He answered him from heaven" (1 Chronicles 21:8,26).  "Unless Thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished" (Psalm 119:92).  "A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, He directeth his way" (Proverbs 21:29).  "Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts, as… your fathers… They have not known My ways… They shall not enter into My rest" (Hebrews 3:7-11). 

We are like David, after all,

Who brought before the Lord his case.

Confessing sin, God heard his call

And answered him with heaven's grace. 

We all have sinned; we all have stumbled,

Yet by God's grace we have been pardoned,

Approaching God when we were humbled

And turning from a heart once hardened. 

The Lord has shown to us His way

And given each of us a choice. 

His Spirit calls the lost today

To humbly hear the Savior's voice. 

O Lord, You see each humbled heart

And every hardened heart as well. 

We plead with sinners to depart 

From pride which leads a soul to hell.