Ps. 32:3-4 When I refused to confess my sin, I was weak and
miserable, and I groaned all day long.
Carrying around sin in your soul is a
miserable way to live. If you care at all about the condition of your soul and
your relationship with God, you will be troubled by sin. You will not be at
peace with God or yourself. You will have a sense of guilt over your sin. You
will wonder if anyone else knows what you have done, said, or thought, and what
they may think about it. You will be bothered by the repercussions of your sin.
It will concern you the harm that has been done. You will be miserable and helpless
to fix it on your own.
Refusing to confess sin
is rebellion against God. It is telling God that He no longer matters to you.
It is denying the importance of the sacrificial death of Christ on the cross
for our sins. It is in essence telling God you would rather live on your own.
It is a refusal to live in the holiness of God.
It is in essence saying that you no longer need forgiveness or want
it.
If you have any desire
at all for God in your life, you will never have peace with Him when you harbor
sin in your soul. We need to regularly come before our Father and deal with our
sin. We need to be honest with ourselves, admit our sin, confess it, accept His
forgiveness, thank the Lord for it, and then live in His forgiveness. We need
to strive to always live in holiness of life. God will not let you get away
with sin. He will not have fellowship with you when you live in or harbor sin
in your soul. There can be no victory in Jesus when sin is not confessed and
gotten rid of.
Are you spiritually weak
and miserable? Have you agonized over
the guilt and shame that comes with the sin you have done? Does peace elude you? It doesn't have to be this way. Humble yourself before Jesus and confess your
sin to Him and He will forgive you and cleanse you from all
unrighteousness. He will wash away your
sin and they will forever be cast into the sea of His forgetfulness. He will make your soul whiter than a fresh
fallen snow. Right now Jesus can set
your soul free. Won't you let Him?
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