Unconfessed Sin

Today's Verse

Psalm 32:3 (NLT)

When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day.

Read Chapter: Psalm 32

Thoughts

Sin. The thing that separates a person from the Holy God. The thing that can separate a man from his wife. The thing that separates a son or daughter from his or her parents. The thing that pulls a person down into the pit of hell. We must know that God never sends a person to hell, people chose to go there because they cling to their sin. Sin is a sin whether big or small. Even when we think we are not like the criminals in jail, we are still sinners (Romans 3:23).

In our passage, we see King David’s own description of keeping unconfessed sin. He committed murder and adultery. He planned that his faithful soldier Uriah be killed in the battlefront that he may take his wife Bathsheba (2 Sam 11:15). All along, David thought he had gotten away with his problem and apparently enjoying his sin. But God dealt with him straight to his face, through the prophet Nathan. We see the expression “You are the man!” from Nathan when he confronted David for trying to cover up his sin (2 Sam 12).

Are you keeping unconfessed sin? Do you feel that groaning inside, making your bones grow old – as David described? Do you feel like wasting away and your vitality being dried up? These may be signs that the Lord wants you to bring out unconfessed sin. Otherwise, if you enjoy doing sin and never felt any guilt, you may not belong to God’s family and God’s Holy Spirit is not in you. For the Holy Spirit is the One who convicts us of our sins (1 Thes 1:5).

We often fall into keeping sins, how little they may be. It is like taking a baby python, or baby jaguar as our pet that we get used to it. And when it grows, it is like nursing death in our lap. One day, we find our pet eating us up. That’s how unconfessed sin works in our lives. Unless we confess them, throw those deadly pets away into their place, we are endangering our lives into the pits of hell. David’s son King Solomon wrote, “He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.” (Prov. 28:13). Are you willing to receive mercy? Confess your sin before the Holy God, and His arm is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear (Isaiah 59:1).

Prayer

Dear Lord God, we sin as we live in this world. But thank You for the blood of Jesus that cleanses us from all our sin. Help us to acknowledge them everyday that we may find mercy from You. In Jesus Name, Amen.