Summer Playlist: A Song of Confession
1 Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! 2 Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty! 3 When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long. 4 Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. 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. —Psalm 32:1-5
Sometimes we believe we are keeping a secret, but it can be just as true that the secret is keeping us.
How do we relieve the pain of guilt? #1,
5 Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt… —Psalm 32:5a
How do we relieve the pain of guilt? #2,
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. —Psalm 32:5
Where there is no change, there is no confession.
Biblical confession is not perfection, it is a new direction.
How do we relieve the pain of guilt? #3,
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. —Psalm 32:5
When God forgives, He forgets. He buries our sins in the sea and puts a sign on the bank saying, “No fishing allowed.”