We are living in a time where our children are growing up without fathers and mothers. In most single parent homes, there is a lack wisdom and understanding in the ways of God. Generational wisdom, knowledge, and the blessings of God are not passed down. Instead, generational ignorance and curses are passed down.
In Psalm 32 King David receives a revelation of God’s righteousness and goodness that he received through his humility and accountability. From his humility and contrition, he acknowledges and confesses his sins unto the Lord. However, it took suffering for him to arrive at the conclusion. The bible says in verse 3 and 4:
“When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.” Selah.
David stubbornly kept silent. Rarely, when we are in error do, we speak up and confess our shortcomings. As God chastises the ones whom he loves, there is a weightiness that is upon us. Our thoughts are either filled with the conviction of the Holy Spirit, or we are ruminating with condemnation from the enemy. We cannot escape it. We may try to mute the voice of God through fornication, alcohol, or even illicit drugs. We also give in to the voice of the enemy who originally placed those thoughts in our mind to mute the voice of God. If you have the Spirit of God, you will either yield to Him, or yield to the enemy. If you yield to the enemy, you end up digging a pit that is deeper than the one you were already in. King David could not take it anymore. We all come to the point where we are frustrated with our circumstances. Nothing is working out for us. It is like we are in a loop of endless undesirable news. We must come to ourselves like the prodigal son and let the light of God shine in our cloudy brain.
In verse five, King David reflected on his dealings with the Most High, he recollects that it was the acknowledgement and confession of his sins, transgressions, and iniquity that led to the Lord’s forgiveness. He ends with Selah. Selah is a pause. Let us Pause and reflect on the character and way of God. We learn something about God through King David. God is interested in your learning and acknowledgement of mistakes. The Lord loves accountability and integrity.
Psalm 32:5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
The Most High’s character is confirmed by the Apostle John in the New Testament. In 1 John 1:9, the Apostle John says: If we confess our sins, he faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse of all unrighteousness.
Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Confession leads to salvation. Confession is the key to right standing with the God of all creation. There is more confirmation regarding the importance of confession in Proverbs 28:13.
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
As David reflected on his relationship with the Lord, he realizes that it was through his confession that he experienced God in a unique way. God became a place of refuge and preservation from trouble. Had he continued to keep silent he would have wasted away. God in his mercy brought David closer to him. Through this intimacy David is instructed and taught by God.
Psalm 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
In the body of Christ, we must confess our sins, transgressions, and iniquity before the God of our salvation. Teaching and instruction come from being in right standing with the Lord. “I will guide thee with mine eye” gives the idea of intimacy. A closeness where the look of an eye will communicate a desire or instruction. A language that only people who are in close relationship with each other can understand. It is like the intimacy between the husband and wife. They know each other so well; a look will communicate a series of thoughts that bystanders are unaware of.
Acknowledgement, confession/repentance, leads to forgiveness and cleansing from sin. Next, we grow in intimacy through communication and right standing. Now we have created the environment whereby the Lord can guide us through our yielded position. This is how God desires to lead us. Lastly, he admonishes to not be like mule or the horse lacking understanding. They need bits and a bridle to guide them. It is through pain and suffering that they learn obedience. When we go through hardships, challenging times, we lose a loved one, or we are faced with horrible circumstances we cry out to God and expect an immediate response and change of the situation. Yet, we have spent no time with him. We have done what we know to be wrong and have not taken his Word seriously. We have sinned, asked forgiveness, and then proceeded to do the exact thing that we asked God to forgive us for. We are then surprised when our life does not look the way it should.
Be encouraged, the Father loves us and is patient with us. Jesus died for your sins and mine. However, let us honor his sacrifice by following his Word. We must grow up in God and in the Word of God so that we may see the reality of His promises in our lives. Be agile, be discerning, and yield to the Word of God. Our lives depend on it.
