Therefore
confess your sins to one another,
and pray for one another,
so that you may be healed.
James 5:16
Confession is healing. That’s what James tells us. Why? Because confession is a key to freedom.
But James takes it a step further. He says it’s healing to confess to one another.
Now … most of us resist that. Why? Pride is the first reason. We like to pretend that we’re better than we really are. We don’t want to vulnerable.
The first reason leaves us weak and isolated … but the second reason is even more insidious. When we confess our sins to others, we’re accountable. And most of us don’t like to confess because we kind of like our sins.
Take, for example, one of the most pervasive sins in American society today – pornography. Sexuality releases endorphins. And we can get addicted to momentary pleasure and tawdry rush. But here’s the problem … If we confess our sins, even to a friend, we might have to stop. And we don’t really want to. And so we isolate ourselves. We keep our sins in secret. And we stay in this prison. It may have momentary pleasures, but make no mistake … it’s prison.
James offers a path toward healing. Put away the pride. Entrust yourself to Christian accountability. Draw on the power of God as you “pray for one another.” And watch yourself grow freer and freer and freer!
In Christ’s Love,
a guy who’s witnessed
this power and freedom
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