(Psalm 32:5; James 5:16)
Have you ever wondered...
*If God could ever forgive your sin?
*Why you should confess?
Thirty thousand runners. Twenty-six miles. Thirteen water
stations. Two tired feet. The olympic marathon--a colossal challenge
that dares runners to attempt its course.
The Christian life is like a marathon. It's a lifelong, often grueling race for
which we train, sweat, and persevere. We condition ourselves to prepare
for the race. We find ourselves running among countless other runners
with the same goal in mind: complete the race.
But not everyone
makes it to the finish line. Some runners allow sin to begin piling up
on their backs, slowing their strides until they eventually collapse on
the curb. The course is difficult enough without having to carry around
the heavy burden of unconfessed sin.
Confession is the only way
to unload it from your back. God is watching and waiting for you at the
finish line. He wants to see you run across it free of injury. There is
no sin that he won't forgive. Can you hear him calling your name?
If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is
not in us. But if we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins, because
we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the
wrongs we have done
(1 John 1:8-9)
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