Walk N' Confess

I am not going to lie, when I read through 1 John 1 tonight, I thought to myself...how is God going to use this through me?

As I sat here and thought about it, and I read through the passage a couple of times, something finally came to mind.

One thing that we as people do is talk a lot and not have action and are too afraid to admit our mistakes. Do you agree? How easy is it to tell your friends that you will do something with them and then you don't do it? It is actually pretty easy. Our lives are so jam packed day-to-day that we sometimes just forget the things that we try to remember.

I think that we need to walk it like we talk it. We talk a lot but don't walk it. It's incredibly easy to say that you are going to do something and then not do it. Talk is not enough. It might look pretty and sound flattering but doesn't amount to anything.

Another problem is that people don't like to admit their mistakes. Especially guys. Men are so bad at this. Vulnerability and accountability are so vital when you are trying to have the best relationship with Christ possible. You have to be vulnerable and admit your mistakes and your sins. When we walk what we talk (walk in the light) we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us all. Walking in the light is the way that we should be walking. Sometimes walking in the light means taking the path that is less traveled. Just like Robert Frost once said.

You might counter with..."Doesn't God already know that I sin? Why do I have to confess that I do?"

I believe it shows God that we know that we sinned and that we were wrong. Like I have mentioned over and over again, sometimes we might not understand that we are sinning. When you get into the word that is when you build your knowledge and understand the difference between right and wrong...sin...righteousness and unrighteousness. We should never be afraid to confess our sins to God. When we don't confess we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. When we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and he will forgive us and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Why touch on our walk and if we confess or not?

Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us. ( 1 John 1:5-10 ) 

One of my favorite words is the word "purify." When I hear that word I think of something that is refreshed and clean. Think about it! When I hear that water is purified or something that I just want to drink it...

Purify: remove contaminants from

Okay, so the actual definition doesn't make it sound like its anything special...but I promise you that it is. I bring this up because that passage from 1 John 1 says that we will be purified when we walk in the light and we will be purified when we confess our sins. I want to be purified by God. I hope that you have that same desire. When we are purified by God, he gets rid and forgives us for the bad and dirty things in our lives.

If you don't know anything about the book of 1 John 1, the letter was sent to a group of unbelievers who were in the midst of an unsettling situation. If you are an unbeliever right now and haven't decided to make that decision yet I hope that you were encouraged by this post and that you have the desire to walk in the light and confess your sins. When you do it, you are purified and you are made new. So if you're in an unsettling situation right now, I hope this post encourages you in more ways than I could ever imagine.

I pray for all of you who are in unsettling situations right now.

You are loved!