Choose To Confess
JUDAS: Matthew 27:3-5 | PETER: Matthew 26:75
Two different mistakes, two extremely different results. One man (Judas) decided that the shame for what he had done would be reason to take his own life. The other (Peter) chose to find mercy. The price might be as steep for you. Don’t allow yourself to live a life full of shame. It might cost you your life. Choose to confess your sin to God. Choose to bring the hidden things out in the open and find the mercy of God waiting for you. Too many people have let their past keep them in depression and many have hated themselves for it. Your enemy is a defeated foe, even if you feel like the defeated one, he is the loser and you are the victor. The past is over…MOVE FORWARD. Don’t look back, look ahead.
Zechariah 3:1-5 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel. 4 Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, “Take away the filthy garments from him.” And to him He said, “See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes.” 5 And I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the LORD stood by.
What a beautiful picture of what Jesus has done for us! The first thing I notice about this scripture is verses 1-3; Satan is accusing Joshua, but the Lord rebuked satan, not because Joshua was innocent, but because the Lord was standing in the gap. Verse 3 says Joshua was wearing filthy garments…you and I have failed, but God wants to stand in the gap, give us new garments, remove our sin and clothe us with an abundant life. If you could hear my voice and weren’t just reading my thoughts on a monitor, you would hear the excitement I am feeling right now. You would be able to look in my eyes and see that I am overwhelmed by what God has done for us! As you read this, know that the enemy is bringing your faults before the Lord and Jesus is refuting every accusation made by Satan. You are free to walk in your new nature without shame.
