Romans 4:6-8 - Daily Devotion - 25 June 2026

St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park

6 And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

7 “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.8 Blessed is the man
whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”

REFLECTIONS

Written by Paul Bogg

The words in today’s passage are few, but so meaningful. They are a direct quote from one of the songs that King David wrote – you can read it in Psalm 32. It’s a Psalm where David expresses the pain of living with the weight of sin in his life – likening it to bones becoming brittle from groaning all day long, or having strength drained from a long summer heat. In the midst of that sin, David confesses in verse 5: “Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,’ and You forgave the guilt of my sin.” He finally stops running from God, turns back to Him in repentance, and God forgives him.

If anyone had something to boast about in his life, it was King David. He killed Goliath with a sling. He was Israel’s most successful military leader. He was God’s chosen king, the man after God’s own heart. He oversaw a golden period in Israel’s history. If anyone has a claim to have earned righteousness in God’s eyes, it was David.  And yet, David himself writes: “Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered” – not, “Blessed is he who accomplishes many things.”

Today’s passage reminds us: we may become CEOs, kings, military leaders, or just ordinary folks.  No matter what road we walk on, our blessedness comes not from the works of our hands. Our righteousness, like Abraham’s, comes credited to us by God through faith. How blessed, how wonderful it is that because of this, the Lord will never count our sin against us.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Paul is a member of our Bossley Park morning congregation.