Don't Miss The Mark!
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
1 John 1:9
Picture an archer with a bow and arrow, aiming at a round target
some forty feet away. If the archer shoots the arrow and misses
target by five feet, it’s because his aim was off by a tiny amount
at the point of release. Unconfessed sin is like an arrow that flies
by a target and gets farther and farther away with every second.
The most-frequently used word for sin in the New Testament
hamartia means “to miss the mark.” Perhaps the most graphic
illustration of missing a mark and delay the acknowledgement
of sin is in Psalm 32.
David recounts how, the longer he went without confessing
his sin to God, the worse his life became. He wasted away;
he groaned inwardly; he had no strength. He was a parched
man dying in the desert of guilt. But, then he confessed his
sin to God and found relief. His dry soul was showered with
the grace of forgiveness.
If you have missed the mark in any area of life,
past or present, don’t delay confessing it to God.
He is faithful and just to forgive you your sins.
"Forgiveness is to be
set loose from sins."
G. Campbell Morgan
