Create in Me a Clean Heart: The 40-Day Challenge (Psalms)Sample

Receive Forgiveness

Psalm 32

At the beginning of Psalm 32, David, instead of confessing, tries to hide his sin from God. Such a hidden sin can do enormous damage to a person’s soul. If we hide our sin, we do not have access to God’s forgiveness that we so desperately need. Without God’s forgiveness, we will, like David, become more and more miserable, weaker and weaker. Even worse, if we do not admit that we are sinful, we will become self-righteous and try to justify ourselves before God. And that is impossible. However, if we confess our sin, we can be sure that God will forgive us. It is part of God’s character to forgive - that is who He is. God is the “Father of mercies”(2 Corinthians 1:3). It is in our human nature to expect, even when we forgive someone, that that person will somehow make it up to us in some way. But God is not like that. God forgives us completely and without any conditions. There’s no way our deeds can deserve God’s forgiveness. The only thing we can do is come to him with a humble heart and admit our helplessness. And that is all that God asks of us - to come with all our burdens and sins, and He is the one who will forgive us and restore us to communion with Him.