One God, One Plan, One Life by Max Lucado

Author:Max Lucado
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2013-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

JUNE 30

If we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right.

[ 1 John 1:8–9 NCV ]

Full, Honest Confession

Confess. Admit. Come clean. Fess up. The words all mean the same thing—but what is that exactly?

Confession isn’t telling God what he doesn’t know. Impossible. Confession isn’t complaining. If I just repeat my problems and woes, I’m whining. Confession isn’t blaming. Pointing fingers at others without pointing any at me feels good, but it doesn’t bring healing.

Confession is so much more. Confession is a radical reliance on grace. A declaration of our trust in God’s goodness. If our understanding of grace is small, our confession will be small: reluctant, hesitant, incomplete, buried in excuses and qualifications. You know the kind. “Hey, Sis, sorry that I read your diary, but you really shouldn’t have left it open on your bed.”

Wild, overflowing grace, on the other hand, creates a full and honest confession. Like the one of the son who took his inheritance money, left home, blew it all, and returned in shame to say, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son” (Luke 15:21 ESV).

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