5 Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. Interlude ~ Psalms 32:5NLT
So many of us are walking in shame and guilt because of what we’ve done. We know that God can forgive all sins, but yet part of us feels as if He can’t forgive our sin because we maybe we can’t forgive ourselves. So shame and guilt creep into our hearts, and they take over, trying to keep us in our past. God, on the other hand, is calling us out of the dark pit of shame and guilt. He’s reaching out His hand for us to come to Him, and He might clothe us in righteousness. So how do we reach out and take His hand? We confess our sins to Him.
See, God already knows everything about us. He knows our thoughts, desires, and even the things we don’t know about ourselves. God knows all that we’ve done wrong and all that we’ve done right. So, to confess to God is to confide in Him and ask Him for help. Because when we confess, we are shining light in the darkness. And where there is light, shame and guilt cannot abound.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Confess Into The Light.