3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah.
5 I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I did not hide;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”;
And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.King David, Psalm 32:3-5
If you missed the short explanation of confession and 1 John 1:8-10 from Day 8 please start by reading that short devotion.
Begin with Adoration
Allow David’s words in Psalm 8 to guide your own words of adoration today…
Psalm 8
O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
2 From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
4 What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
5 Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!
6 You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
7 All sheep and oxen,
And also the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.9 O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
Continue with Confession
Read once more David’s confession above from Psalm 32…
Ask God to help you in this moment to “not keep silent” about your sin, but rather to confess your sin and to bring it from the darkness of hiding into the light of His grace. Now, spend a few moments sitting silently before God confessing the sin He brings to your mind.
Remember…
In confession we repent, turn from our sin, and turn toward God in faith. Our repentance is not just a change of mind, but a change of affections and will, such that our repentance shows up in how we live.
Conclude your time of confession by acknowledging and accepting that God—through faith in Christ—indeed forgives and cleanses you from all sin and unrighteousness. Thank Him for fellowship restored and deepened.
