it's worth repeating that "confessing your sins...restores your emotional and physical energy."
Keeping a secret can be draining sometimes, especially when it is something you know will impact a lot of people or has the potential to hurt someone. When we sin, or fail, or mess up, we have a tendency to think that if no one finds out, it will be okay. Life can just go on as normal.
But then, all our energies are devoted to making sure no one finds out. We carry an enormous guilt and shame along with the sin. I can't imagine being a criminal on the run, always trying to cover up my identity, mask my features, pretend to be someone else, hide from everyone, and never be able to open up to anyone.
But that's what we do sometimes. We try to hide our sin from everyone, even God. We pretend nothing happened, but emotionally we are drained, and maybe even physically exhausted from carrying this load--our sin, shame, and guilt.
We were never intended to carry that load. Jesus took all of that on the cross. Now, we just need to confess our sins. The Bible says, "confess your sins one to another, and pray for eachother, so that you may be healed." And in 1 John 1:9, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful to forgive us, and cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness."
There is such a freedom in being real--with God and others.
Do you find yourself emotionally drained or physically exhausted? Maybe there is unconfessed sin in your life. Don't be afraid to confess your sin to God-- He already knows about it anyway, and is just waiting for you to confess, so He can forgive and cleanse you. And then, find someone you trust that you know is serving the Lord, and be real with them, and pray together, then the Bible says you can be healed...
Blessings!
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