1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
This verse is one that I was required to memorize when I was a child in the AWANA program. But it was not until I became an adult that I truly understood it and just how important it is.
Confessing our sins is the process of us acknowledging the sins in our life and accepting responsibility for our wrongdoing. We show that we understand that our actions are not correct and that God’s ways are better. And the result is the reassuring promise that our confession and repentance will be rewarded with forgiveness and we are purified of unrighteousness.
It is important that we understand that confession itself does not guarantee forgiveness. We are not earning forgiveness by confessing. Instead this verse is a reassurance of His love and goodness. If we confess, He forgives and cleanses us of unrighteousness because He is good and holy. He wants what is best for us and HE is what is best. But we cannot have fellowship with Him if sin is in our lives because sin separates us from God.
We sin daily. We sin multiple times every day. We have a sinful nature. If we claim we have no sin we are lying because it is in each of us. So we confess and choose to turn from sin to Him, to His truth, to His ways. It is a process that happens over and over again and again. And His forgiveness is a gift.
Spend a few moments now considering the sins you need to confess. You have them. We all do. Identify them, accept responsibility m and confess them to God and ask for forgiveness. And don’t continue doing the same thing you just confessed to. Choose to change and do better. Then go on with your day knowing that you’re being forgiven.
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