Trusting in God's Forgiveness

Scripture:
When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long.
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I have not hidden.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Psalm 32:3-5

Observation: The psalmist knows and believes in God's forgiveness for his sins and wrongdoing. He declares the blessing of those who are forgiven by the Lord, and here in these three verses shows how that forgiveness is achieved. Those who hide their sin from God, and keep silent about it, will have the full burden of that sin upon them impeding their work every day. However, those who acknowledge their failures to God and do not hide it - those who confess to the Lord - are forgiven and have the weight removed from them.

Selah.

Application: Even a thousand years before Jesus, it was revealed that forgiveness was not earned through work, but rather was a gift resulting from relationship with God. One who trusts in the Lord enough to openly confess their failure ... this is the man who can be forgiven. One who does not understand God's love and thus hides his wrongdoing in secret ... this is a man cursed in his daily life.

I know God knows my sins and wrongdoing. I can hide nothing, and I trust he loves me. By may faith in Jesus, and learning of my relationship with the Lord through that faith, I have confidence in forgiveness, and can live each day in his blessing.

Prayer: Lord, I do confess to you every day my sins. I indeed need my feet washed daily, for they get dirty during my daily walk, no matter how well I hold your hand. Please forgive my thoughts and deeds when they transgress from your will. And I thank you for revealing your love to me every day. Amen.