Psalms 32:1-5 How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered!
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer.
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.

Psalms 51:2-3 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
And cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions,
And my sin is ever before me.

Psalms 51:7
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Our flesh and our pride resists self examination of our life and looking for character flaws and sin habits that we need to confess to the Lord. We tend to think that if we just ignore our sins that we have committed that the memory of them will just fade away. Nothing could be further from the truth. They are like ticks in us, they just keep sucking our blood, getting bigger and uglier.

Unconfessed sin drains energy out of us, it takes away our joy, and they keep us on the bench instead of in the game.

As you develop your rhythms and routines in life schedule a time to review the day and to confess all known sin to God. It is like brushing your teeth or taking a shower, it doesn’t take long and I feel so good afterwards.