1月27日；
诗篇 32；
唱诗：诗篇32:2；

我闭口不认罪的时候，因终日唉哼，而骨头枯干。（诗篇32:3）

大卫和拔示巴的罪反映出爱神的人也会轻易地落入罪中。我们知道一个罪会导致另一个罪。在这件事中，奸淫导致了更多的罪。为了掩盖罪和罪行，我们可能会走向极端。

我们拒绝认罪，假装它从未发生过，这样的事很容易发生在犯罪之人权高位重时。在这样的事上，谁敢去挑战王的作为。

大卫也采取了沉默的方式。他以为他可以表现得像从来没有发生过一样，也许这件事最终就会这样过去。整个皇室宫廷可能都知道大卫的罪，但是没人敢说出来。大卫选择让罪行沉寂下去。或许他告诉自己，对于他一生的丰功伟绩而言，做了这么一件事也不算糟糕。

但是耶和华不许大卫再保持沉默。因为不愿悔改，大卫遭受了越来越多的痛苦。我们看到他“骨头枯干”，他的“精液耗尽，如同夏天的干旱”。（诗32:3-4）

他对罪缄默不语，但是身体上、精神上和灵性上，却不像看上去那么好。他知道他的罪很重，上帝的手重重地加在他身上，他失去了信仰的快乐。

拒绝悔改已知的罪会影响我们的每一天。解决的办法只有一个：“我向你陈明我的罪”（诗32:5）。我们的生命会变得沉重而空虚，直到我们悔改认罪为止。每天都有许多罪要悔改，有时一些特殊的罪我们必须把它带到神的面前去解决。

思考问题：当我们不认真悔改的时候会发生什么？

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January 27
Psalm 32
Song:Psalm 32:2

SIN AND SILENCE

When I kept silent, my bones wasted away.."（Psalm 32:3)

The sin of David and Bathsheba shows how easily people who love God can fall into sin. We learn that one sin leads to another. In this case, adultery leads to number. In order to cover up sin and guilt, we are able to go to great extremes.

It happens that we refuse to confess our sins. We pretend that the sin never happened. This can easily happen when the sinner is in a position of privilege. In David's case, who would dare challenge the beloved king?

David also resorted to silence. He thought he could act like it never happened and then perhaps it would go away by itself. The entire royal court may have known about David's sin, but no one dared to speak up. David chose the way of guilty silence. Perhaps he told himself that what he had done was not so bad, compared to all the good he had done in his life.

But the LORD did not allow David to maintain his silence. David increasingly suffered under the burden of his unconfessed sin. We read that his "bones wasted away" and his "strength was sapped as in the heat of summer"(Ps 32:3-4).

He was silent about his sin, but physically, mentally and spiritually, things were not as they seemed.He knew that he had grievously sinned.The weight of God's hand pressed upon him, and he lost the joy of faith.

Refusal to confess our known sins has an effect on us in every way. There is only one solution: "Then I acknowledged my sin to you" (Ps 32:5). Until we do this, our lives are burdened and empty. There is much to confess every day, and sometimes very specific sins must be brought before the LORD.

Question: What happens when we do not sincerely confess our sins?