David's Redemption

"As the LORD liveth, that has redeemed my soul out of all distress" (1 Kings 1:29)
Here we are again with David and Bathsheba, their son Solomon anointed king by Nathan the prophet and Zadock the priest. And David describes the Lord as rescuing him from his distresses. But David sinned, fell from his exaltation, right? I'll take Christ's cue and not even try to judge David, that's the Lord's job. But, what's going on here? God got angry at David, why isn't David bitter and cursing, like so many before and after him?
Read the Psalms. Read the poetry of David's repentance, the beauty and anguish of soul that he bared before the Lord. He turned. He gave it all to God. And his soul wasn't redeemed just from sin, but from distress. Yes, this I will judge. David tasted the atonement, and it was sweet to his soul.
What humility for the king of Israel, the hero of Judah! But he humbled himself. We all sin, and any sin, no matter how small, seperates us from God. Only the mercy of Christ makes it possible to come to the throne of God, the mercy seat. And David went there, and obtained mercy. Maybe that's why God loved David, not because he was brave and valiant and righteous, but because he obeyed the command to "Come unto me," he continually turned to the Lord in repentance. And that is the only way we can approach, and find that One has made us clean, washed us- a thing we cannot do for ourselves.
Maybe that's all that God really wants, for us to knock at the door, say we're sorry, and with the words "thy sins are forgiven thee," welcomes us home.