Psalms 32:3 (KJV)
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
The commentaries, and I think the context supports them, say that this silence is a refusal to confess our sins to God.
I am thinking of the lost man. He is under the pressure and weight of his guilt. He knows he has sinned, and he knows there must be a consequence. The conscience bears witness within him that, “as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” He has heard the Word of God. He knows there is a Saviour, but for various reasons he keeps silent.
- Perhaps it is pride—he just doesn’t want to bow before the Lord.
- Perhaps it is skepticism—he isn’t sure he believes in the Lord.
- Perhaps it is shame—he can’t believe God would forgive him.
- Perhaps it is peer pressure—he is afraid of what his friends and family will think.
He remains silent, and in his silence he remains miserable. Until the day he finally comes to the cross, calls on Christ, and the guilt rolls away.
It can be true of the believer as well. We have done wrong, and we know it, but we refuse to make it right. We insist we aren’t the only ones who’ve done wrong. We know of others who have never made things right. We might reason that we had cause for the wrong we have done. But the thing is, so long as we refuse to make it right, we are the ones being hurt.
The context is confession to the Lord, and it always must begin there. But there are times when looking those we have wronged in the eye and confessing our wrongdoing is essential to genuine healing.
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Breaking the Silence of Sin: Pride, Shame, Doubt, and Fear
How much longer will you carry the burden of unconfessed sin?
Pride, fear, and shame may keep you silent, but they will never bring you peace. Whether you need to come to Christ for salvation or make something right in your Christian life, don't allow another day to pass without dealing with it.
Break the silence. Humble yourself before the Lord. Confess what you know is wrong. You may discover that the peace you've been longing for is on the other side of the confession you've been avoiding.
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