“No sin is hidden to the soul.”
BENGALI (Asian Indian) PROVERB

“If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.”
1 JOHN 1:8-10 NLT

The apostle John in writing his letter reassures us that our sins can be forgiven and that God can and will cleanse us from every wrong. How John got around to the topic of sins was by way of writing about the fellowship we have with God and with each other. John says that God is light and there is no darkness in Him. If we say we have fellowship with God, but live in darkness then John says we are liars. Sin is the darkness in our lives. It is not the bright spot in each of our lives. Even the sinner doesn’t care much for other sinners. A thief does not like to be stolen from, and even the worst of convicts don’t care for child molesters. Whether we are good or bad, sin separates from each other and most assuredly from God. John says, “If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth,” so then how can we walk in the light with God if we have darkness in our lives? Kind of confusing isn’t it? The answer for me can be found in confessing my sins to God. Only God can forgive me and only to God must I come alone with my sins. Scripture says that I must confess to others, and this I do, but only God can cleanse me. To stay in the Light of God I have to confess yearly, monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, minute-by-minute, and second by second if I have to. It’s a full time job all by its self. To stay true to God, to others, and to myself, I have to develop an attitude that stays aware of sins in my life. I will be the first to admit that I am not the best at doing this, but I try and I am learning. I am so grateful that at any time I can humbly come to God and confess my sins, and become cleansed. Twenty-four seven, three hundred and sixty-five or six. That is twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and three hundred and sixty-five days a year. Even on leap year, I have the privilege of speaking to my Father about my life. Staying in the Light is a personal thing, you can’t do it for me, and I can’t do it for you. To each their own.
The Indian proverb that I came across this morning really spoke to me about sin in my life and how it is never hidden from my own soul. Believe me, I know that I know when things are not right. I am reminded of something that a Christian friend said to me a few years back, “You might forget who owes you, but you never forget whom you owe.” We just know inside when things are not right. Today God is helping me turn wrong into right by doing for me what I could not do for myself………………..JRE

“Never allow the dividing up of your life in Christ to remain without facing it. Beware of leakage, of the dividing up of your life by the influence of friends or circumstances; beware of anything that is going to split up your oneness with Him and make you see yourself separately. Nothing is so important as to keep right spiritually. The great solution is the simple one, ‘Come unto Me.’ The depth of our reality, intellectually, morally and spiritually, is tested by these words. In every degree in which we are not real, we will dispute rather than come.”
OSWALD CHAMBERS