Day 20: Psalm 139:1-6, 23,24
O LORD, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, O LORD, you know it completely. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.
Week 4: Confession
Isaiah 6:5-7 says, “And I said: ‘Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!’ Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a part of tongs. The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: ‘Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed, and your sin is blotted out.’” Confession is a big part of the season of Lent. If the goal of Lent is to reflect or meditate on our lives, a natural second goal is to recognize our sins both individually and collectively and to repent or say we are sorry for doing the wrong things or not doing right things. The regular act of confession, every Sunday as a group in church, and personally every time we pray, is a way of letting go of those sins or shortcomings, and to be in position to love God and everyone. Take time every day to count your blessings and your sins. Offer gratitude for the blessings and confess the sins to God so God can again wash us clean. Confess your sins this week and let the rest unfold!
A Path Through Lent is a daily devotional series that leads us from Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday in preparation for Easter. Lent is a 40 day period before Easter that symbolizes the 40 days that Jesus was in the desert praying and fasting. (Matthew 4, Mark 1, Luke 4). Watch for theses daily devotionals to orient your day and your week as we prepare for Resurrection Sunday!