One of the things most people find it hard to do is to confess to one another the wrong we have done to each other. Sometimes, people confess not because they are genuinely remorseful but so as to be trusted again. The truth is we don’t walk around with X-rays and scanning machines to know what is in each other’s hearts. However, God does see the depths of our hearts. In the same way confessing our sins to God should come out of genuine brokenness. Confession should not just be a routine exercise but it should come from a broken and a contrite heart. Psalm 51:17 says that the Lord will not despise a broken and contrite heart. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.(1 John 1:9) When we confess our sins to God, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). God sees when we are genuinely remorseful. David in the Bathsheba encounter committed adultery and murder and God’s anger was on David. But, David showed a legitimate repentance. He prayed for forgiveness and asked God to forgive him of his iniquities. Indeed God forgave David but the child born from this adulterous encounter died. David prayed for the child to live, but the child still died. Our actions have consequences and even if God forgives our sins, the laws of our countries will deal with us accordingly. Before you vent out your anger or do something you know will have bad consequences, know that the law is no respecter of persons. Let us pray together with David: “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me” (Psalms 51:1-2; 10-12). Sin makes us unrighteous before God but when God purifies us, He cleanses us from all unrighteousness. Reach out to one another in genuine repentance for it is the will of God that we live at peace with one another.
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