10/20/2026
Therefore, Confess
It is so hard to admit when you’ve been wrong. It seems the longer the deception has been held, the harder it is to see what God has been trying to say.
I’ve found that pride has some deep heels that dig in often like fastened anchors and the will of man decides to neglect the expectations of Heaven.
So, the Holy Spirit bears down and a deep weight comes upon us but starts within us.
Those little foxes have surely spoiled the vines. The heart has hardened. Conviction has dulled.
And, we resist what has been placed before us.
All for our good, and also for our healing, where we confess our sins one to another that we might be healed.
Some things linger due to lack of repentance. So we find ourselves with the fire turned up hotter than was ever necessary.
Not because God wanted to but because we gave Him no choice because He, indeed, is a jealous God.
Consequences to our own strong will ensue. Yet, we stand strong against the will of God, the commands of the Word, and the very nature of Christ.
Often, others see it but no one wants to say it.
But I remember being “there.”
On my knees. In the depths of a valley. Sickness of soul. Crushed.
When the Lord brought names to my mind of those I had wounded in various ways. I never meant to. But I did.
Some were not a surprise while others were. I had mishandled hearts even in good intent.
My suffering would continue, I knew instantly, if I did not repent and go make it as right as I could.
I never got up from my knees.
I never left that prayer closet.
I made contact with every name in that very moment.
Suddenly, the fog lifted and so did the heavy weight I was carrying and didn’t even know it.
Healing came to my own heart.
There were no excuses. No pride. No attempts to justify my actions.
None.
The Lord had already warned me against it.
Some of us today are even sick in body. A task has been left undone that Heaven is waiting us to complete. An acknowledgment of a breech that Heaven has been watching.
And honestly, we are where we are until that time comes. Because it is what stands between us and destiny, us and joy, us and the healing of body and soul.
Do with this what you will but I’ve learned to keep short accounts with the Lord because He is always attentive to our needs even when we do not realize that we are the one standing in our own way.
James 5
16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
“Healed”= to cure, heal
1. to make whole
1. to free from errors and sins, to bring about (one's) salvation
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