We take credit without any hesitation… Proudly admitting to the things that put us in a positive light as we eagerly step up to receive all the accolades. People are talking. I can hear it now…all the applause for all the good you’ve done, and all the hard work you’ve put in, and all your sacrifice. You perceive it was all worth the cause.
But flip the situation, and now we have taken a back seat to our acknowledgments. What about stepping up to confess those things that are not worthy of an accolade? What about getting to the heart of the matter in dealing with the thing that we know has gone wrong in our life? We willingly participate in the cover up citing that no one has to know, and even if they do no one is owed an explanation. So with our lips tight our confession has now become our obsession, to keep the “wrong stuff” a secret. No one including God will intervene on our behalf, until we acknowledge our own wrong doing. As long as we are willing to ignore “the stuff gone wrong” in our life, we willingly allow ourselves to be held captive as a hostage.
That’s just what sin does when we choose to delay our confession. We are held captive in sin’s prison cell and the only way to be free is for us to open our mouth and begin to confess the mess that has been keeping us bound and heavily burdened. On the contrary, confessing “our wrong stuff” humbles us that we see our own weakness and dependence on the Lord, but as equally important it cleanses us from the stain of sin, and then relieves us of the guilt that steals our witness for Christ.
It doesn’t matter how long we’ve had or kept the confession a secret. What matters most is regaining freedom. We can’t be all that God has called us to be, or do all God have called us to do, if we are imprisoned spiritually of our own accord.
GOD WANTS HIS CHILDREN FREE SO THAT YOU CAN LIVE YOUR DESTINY VICTORIOUSLY!
Blog Author: DMC
Reference Scripture: See Psalms 51 & Psalm 32
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