Who Do I Need Forgiveness From?

Chambers says today:

   "Very few of us know anything about conviction of sin. We know the experience of being disturbed because we have done wrong things. But conviction of sin by the Holy Spirit blots out every relationship on earth and makes us aware of only one, "Against You, You only, have I sinned . . ." (Psalm 51:4)."

   I know for a certainty that I sin. Even the people around me know this although they cannot know my inner thoughts and desires. But the question is, who do I sin against?

   If I steal, there is a person wronged, the one who had title to the goods. If I lie, I seek to gain an unfair advantage over someone in some area, and, again, there is another involved. I can say I sin all the time, but there is someone else in the picture, and I can see who needs to give me forgiveness for my wrong acts.

   There is a moral law, and an earthly one also, that lets me know that what I am doing is wrong and should not happen. Something inside of me says that this is not right, but Chambers goes far beyond this idea.

   God is the one that I have sinned against, and the forgiveness for that can only come from Him. God can blot out my sins and remember them no more, only because His Son has taken them all upon Himself. Once I accept that sacrifice for me, then God sees me in the light of Jesus.

   I can partially understand all of this, but it is still hard for me to realize that all I do, that is contrary to His law and the morality that He has put in my heart, is against Him. To live a life in conscious recognition of this fact shows the work of the Spirit in my life, but the absence of the same fact tells me that I have a long way to go.

   God help me.