Bible.com.au: Reading Plan - Intimacy with God - Part 1

Reflection: If ever there was a place where it makes no sense to be anything other than honest, it is when you are in God’s company. The reason is pretty obvious: God already knows your innermost thoughts. The psalmist writes: ‘ You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar’ (Psalm 139:1-2).

Being honest with God is vital because honesty paves the way for God to act and answer prayer.

However, there can be a terror in honesty. There are some truths about ourselves that we can barely bring ourselves to face. What, then, can we say?

Perhaps this: The terror of being honest can only be faced if we understand the grace of God. It is God’s character that gives us the courage to be honest.

And honesty opens us up to God… and the hope God brings.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, Being honest is not always easy. I’d sometimes like to live with the fiction of who I am rather than the reality. But I choose this day to be honest before you––because you deserve nothing but integrity. In Jesus name. Amen.

Psalms 32:1-11

Psalm 32

Of David. A maskil.

1Blessed is the one

whose transgressions are forgiven,

whose sins are covered.

2Blessed is the one

whose sin the Lord does not count against them

and in whose spirit is no deceit.

3When I kept silent,

my bones wasted away

through my groaning all day long.

4For day and night

your hand was heavy on me;

my strength was sapped

as in the heat of summer.

5Then I acknowledged my sin to you

and did not cover up my iniquity.

I said, “I will confess

my transgressions to the Lord.”

And you forgave

the guilt of my sin.

6Therefore let all the faithful pray to you

while you may be found;

surely the rising of the mighty waters

will not reach them.

7You are my hiding place;

you will protect me from trouble

and surround me with songs of deliverance.

8I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

9Do not be like the horse or the mule,

which have no understanding

but must be controlled by bit and bridle

or they will not come to you.

10Many are the woes of the wicked,

but the Lord’s unfailing love

surrounds the one who trusts in him.

11Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous;

sing, all you who are upright in heart!

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