Confession

Lately, I had the privilege of speaking at different venues and to individuals about the need for confession. I believe that people have been shying away from the practice of confession. We don't even use the word confession any more.

It may have been a backlash towards the old tradition of going to confession and confessing to another person (i.e. a priest), but this is a tragedy as confession is the foundation of Christian growth. Without it, we are harbor sin and it prevents us from having true and real fellowship with God and others.

Isaiah 59:1-2 talks about God's ability to save and hear from his people - however, sin separates us from him and how God hides his face from us so that he does not hear our prayers. I believe this is a great picture of how sin breaks our fellowship with God. Our sins of the past, present and the future are forgiven (Hebrews 10:1-10), but we need to confess so that we can allow our prayers to be powerful and effective (James 5:16) and for us to connect with our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ (1 John 1:6 to vs. 8 and vs. 7 to vs. 9).

Our generation doesn't talk enough about confession and perhaps that is why there is no revival in our culture and our generation. Perhaps that is why we have a lot of Christians who are not satisfied with their walk with God. Confession means we agree with God our sin. And through it, we can truly be repentitive and move on in our growth.