Psalm 32:3

Psalm 32:3  

Time to confess     

It is difficult to conjecture just what the circumstances were that prompted the writing of this Psalm. It cannot be tied to a specific event or time. All we know is that David has a heavy weight upon his conscience, so much so that his body has taken up the condemnation that he feels, it has become a physical burden as well as mental and spiritual. How foolish people are to not realise that constant spiritual and mental torture has an effect on our bodily health and well-being.  Years of stress eventually take their toll and every part of us becomes affected. There are certain people who seem to have no conscience at all and they go on sinning against God with seemingly little ill effect but David was not one of those. The Spirit of the Lord was with him and that meant that he suffered when he sinned! It is no different for any of us who belong to the Lord, our consciences are pricked by the Holy Spirit who constantly tells us where we need to “clean up and confess.” The enemy whispers that we are no good, we cannot be forgiven and even if we are, we’ll only go and commit the same old sins again! It’s time to ignore the Satan and to obey the promptings of the Spirit for He is the key to freedom and liberation. If you are weighed down by the burden of your sin and the condemnation it brings, then today is the day to stop the groaning, get up from your bed of failure and speak out your confession. Do not be silent any longer for the Lord is waiting to set you free! “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. Hallelujah!

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