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Confessing Our Sins

‘I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.” And You forgave me!’ Psalm 32:5 NLT

When you deliberately sin, you’re rebelling against God and His rule in your life―and you’ll feel bad about it. And feeling bad is evidence you truly are a redeemed child of God; otherwise it wouldn’t bother you.

Picture a teen saying to his dad, ‘I’m truly sorry, but I took your credit card and bought beer for my mates.’ Now, the chances are his father may never have discovered it, especially if he didn’t check his bank statements. But his son’s troubled conscience brought it to the surface: ‘Dad, I shouldn’t have bought the beer; I shouldn’t have lied about my age; I shouldn’t have used your credit card to do it. You trusted me and I let you down. I’m sorry, and I won’t do it again.’ That’s confession. That’s what we must do in our prayers.

The Greek word for confession means ‘to agree with God’. When we confess our sins, we are agreeing with God concerning the sin in our lives as revealed through His Word and by the Holy Spirit. When we confess, we verbalise our sin and receive cleansing and forgiveness. Yes, confession is often painful, but it keeps our fellowship with our Heavenly Father clear, open, and close. It’s not that God stops loving us, but that we no longer feel we can approach Him with confidence. Do you have a sin to confess? ‘If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.’ (1 John 1:9 NKJV)

SoulFood: Gal 5:22, 2 Pet 3:3–15, Mt 5:39, 1 Sam 25:1–42

word4today an adaptation of The Word For Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright © 2018