Confession

When I read the Bible I find many things that are pretty straight forward. Don’t kill. Okay, I think I can manage that. Don’t covet. A little harder but yeah. Confess that you believe in Jesus. Sure! I can do that. What about confessing sin. Well I can certainly confess it to God. We are told to and should. But how do you feel about confessing our sins to each other? Whoa! Wait a minute!! What?!! No way! Why on earth would I air my dirty laundry to you guys? That’s crazy!! Right? James, the brother of Jesus, in chapter 5 verse 16 says, therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
There it is. Right there in the Bible. Confess our sins to each other and pray for each other. We may not consider ourselves in need of healing but if we sin, and we do, then we need help. We also don’t consider ourselves righteous but if we believe in Christ then we are covered by his blood and in the Father’s eyes we are. So we know we sin. We know that in his eyes we are righteous. This means our prayers are powerful and effective. So then, we should be confessing our sins to each other and praying for each other. Also when we confess them out loud to another person we become accountable and that also helps us fight against that sin! We have the power to overcome sins if we follow the straightforward instructions that God has laid out for us. Easy? No! But possible? Yes! So what holds us back? I’ll be the first to confess. Pride. My pride holds me back. Dear God, thank you for showing us the way. Help us to let go of our pride and confess to each other our sins so that we can fight and win over them!!
Praying for you today!