Are you glad that Jesus has forgiven your sins? I'm sure glad that He's forgiven mine. We need that forgiveness every single day. That's why we need to live a life of repentance. It isn't just that we need to confess our sins and repent on Sunday, we need to do it every day, all the time! As Martin Luther said about the Bible verse in Matthew 4:17, "When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, 'Repent,' He willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance." The Christian life is a life of repentance, so let's consider that as we listen to today's passage:

Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. (Psalm 32:1–2)

In today's passage, the psalmist tells us that we can be blessed! There are three things the psalmist says that God will do:

• He will forgive our transgressions.
• He will cover our sins.
• And He will not count our sin against us.

These blessings are available to every one of us...because all of us have sinned. The very fact that we are all sinners opens us up to this blessing! But then there’s one thing that the psalmist says God requires of us. He says, “In whose spirit is no deceit.” God requires honesty from us.  We must acknowledge that we have sinned, that we deserve God’s wrath and judgment, that we turn from our sin, that we confess it and acknowledge it and then God forgives us. In other words, we humbly admit that we are completely wrong and God is completely right. Do you want the blessings of God covering and forgiving your sins? Be honest with Him.

Admit the truth. Remember, when you and I confess our sins and tell the truth to God we aren't informing Him about anything because He already knows. If we do that, He'll cover and forgive our sins...and that's very Good News!