Psalm 32:4–5: For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms
If you are a child of God, you can sin, but you cannot get by with it. That is the difference between the saved and the unsaved man. If you are a man of the world, you can get by with your sin temporarily, but a child of God cannot. The hand of God was heavy upon David day and night. If we do not judge ourselves, then God is going to judge us. God takes His own child to the woodshed for Fatherly correction. Sometime after David’s sin, the prophet Nathan came to David to reprove him, and he said, “David, Thou art the man …” (2 Sam. 12:1–7). Then David confessed his sin. 1
Living the Transformed Life
Now Joshua said to Achan, “My son, I beg you, give glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession to Him, and tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.” Joshua 7:19
- The pursuit of holy living is the expressed desire of our Holy God. (1 Peter 1:13-16)
- The pursuit of holy living is now possible because the Holy Spirit is now indwelling all those who have been redeemed by His blood.
- The pursuit of holy living should be the expressed desire of every follower of Jesus.
Our sin is never hidden from the One who knows everyone.
Praise and Prayer
Thank You, Father, for caring enough to expose my sin, and for extending Your grace. Dear Jesus, please awaken my soul to immediately flee even the shadow of sin.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: Poetry (Psalms 1-41) (electronic ed., Vol. 17, pp. 179–180). Nashville.