“3. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah 5. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 6. For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.”
Wild hogs are destructive and invasive in the United States. They cause a great deal of damage and push out other wildlife from their home areas. People that live in areas with wild hog populations tend to hate them very purposefully. So what do you do when you have 25 hogs living on your property? Lets say you go out hunting and kill 7 of the 25 hogs. Does this fix your problem? Of course not. It may help a little, but you must totally destroy these invasive critters or they will reproduce and continue to multiply. Looking at Psalm 32 we can make a great comparison to a born again believer that walks with sin in their life. Sin will always be destructive. We get this idea that if we just deal with certain sins in our life and let the others go, everything will be fine. That’s a lie from Satan himself! You may have heard the word besetting sin, basically, it is a sin we cant get rid of, so we just live with it. We must allow the Bible to be our final authority! Galatians 5:9 says “A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.” Just like a little leaven grows and expands, so will sin when it doesn’t get dealt with. It takes a lot of work and strategy to kill all your hogs. You might even look to some outsiders for some help. Proverbs 11:14 “Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.” Every Christian needs a godly friend that will help them, this is a great reason why every believer needs to be established in the local church. The Bible tells us more directly in other places as well, but we will save that for another day. A preacher one time said that in order to have victory over your sin you have to hate it. When you come to the place of hating it, you will desire to get rid of it! It first starts in Psalm 32. David was heavy with grief. The conviction was becoming more than he could bare. After the conviction, David finds himself in verse 5, “I acknowledged my sin unto thee… I said, I will confess…” Do you have sin in your life today that is holding you back? Why not confess it to God with all your heart? Verse 6 says, “For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found…” Do you want God to be found in your prayers? Do you want Him to lead you and help you? Notice how David had to confess his sin before he could have that sweet walk with the LORD. Dealing with some sin is not enough. You must destroy all of it before it destroys all of you! God loves you. He wants to guide you, but you must do your part before you can see God really move in your life!
Memory Verse Week 3/14/21
Psalm 32:5
“I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.”
